First of all, congratulations! Being asked to take over a new area of responsibility is a fantastic opportunity for a leader. The situation allows you, possibly for the first time in a long time, to look at things with fresh eyes. Everyone gets a clean slate, the people on...
We have studied many organizations over the years, and it’s clear that most of them excel to whatever degree their leaders believe in the talent, possibilities, and potential of their people. That sounds like a hopeful platitude that you might find on a motivational poster somewhere, doesn’t it? Just...
2017 is right around the corner, are you ready for a great year? There are many different ways to prepare yourself to have a great year. Expert goal setters and business-planners do a lot of the same things to ensure that they are ready for a truly successful...
1. Trying to Lead Everyone the Same Way It’s amazing how much time leaders and managers spend thinking about initiatives and promotions and how little we spend learning to understand temperaments and what motivates the different kinds of people on our teams. A leader who does not study temperament...
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” C.S. Lewis That quote is so accurate and impactful it’s almost not necessary to add anything to it, but lets take a deeper dive into what makes humility such a crucial character trait for today’s leaders....
Many progressive books on leadership correctly identify positive recognition as one of the most powerful means a leader has to influence results. Leaders who take the time to recognize where success is happening on their teams will always out-produce leaders who focus on what is broken or what is...
12 Great Ways to Preserve & Sustain Your Personal Energy The ability to sustain a high level of energy through the workday is a crucial attribute of successful people. There are many people who are talented and smart who are not as effective as they could be because they...
Before we get into this topic let’s all agree that there is a place for manipulation in business, and there are times when teams and organizations must be manipulated to get them to a certain place.
A leader’s “Superpower” is their most positive and impactful personality asset. It is the part of them that is most influential to their followers. It can be a learned aspect of their personality, or something they were born with. Every developed leader has at least one Superpower. For most...
These five mandates are presented from the point of view of the people being led. This is the perspective of the organization, team, department or division that depends on their leader to be both progressive and skillful.
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