Many great corporate and political leaders will tell you that they watched and admired a parent, older sibling, or another family member or friend speak their mind and take charge of difficult situations. In other words, they saw first-hand the impact of leadership communication to calm a storm or controversy. Speaking out about issues and […]
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Bob McGannon, Author, Intelligent Disobedience: The Difference Between Good and Great Leaders While you may have fantastic processes, they won’t generate business improvement. Better results come from staff members who not only think and follow process, but are encouraged to break the rules, when appropriate, to improve your business outcomes. Why? Obeying all of the rules rarely
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A recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article highlighted a research study in the Journal of Clinical and Social Psychology, that most people think they are self-aware, but in fact, only 10-15% of people actually are. That’s a pretty astonishing statistic. It gets even worse for CEO’s and senior leaders. According to the HBR article “the
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Emily Morgan, Founder & President, Delegate Solutions Every day we help people make the most of their day through delegation. Over the years, I have spoken with hundreds of entrepreneurs at every growth stage about the struggles they face with “handing things off.” They inherently get that having a delegation strategy is a critical part
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Chris Dyer, Founder & CEO, PeopleG2 Back in 2009, I barely knew what corporate culture was. My introduction came as the recession hit the United States and my company, PeopleG2, began to struggle. I took a deep look at what I could do to make things better from within, which led me to read, research, and ponder.
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John Izzo & Jeff Vanderwielen, Authors, The Purpose Revolution In a survey of global CEO’s, Harvard found that over 83% of them said they believed activating purpose within their organization would impact their company’s performance and success, yet only one-third of those same leaders felt they were doing a good job of doing so. In our new book, The
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Amanda Setili, President, Setili & Associates In the past year, activist investors forced the resignations of the CEOs of General Electric, AIG, Arconic, CSX, Pandora, and Buffalo Wild Wings. Even when the CEO was spared, companies spent millions of dollars and weeks of valuable management time fighting proxy battles. How can your company avoid this fate?
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Sandesh Joshi, President & Co-founder, Indovance Inc. As CEO, you are charged with maximizing corporate profits. This mandate involves streamlining operations, seizing opportunities, and steering company growth. As markets become increasingly global, companies face the challenges of expanding their product lines and services, changing consumer demands, rapid delivery, and more complicated logistics. Traditionally, there have been two
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Mostafa Sayyadi, Author, Transformational Leadership: How To Prosper as a Leader In Today’s Hypercompetitive Environment Leadership has been a focal point of organizations since the corporation was first initiated and will always be an ongoing issue for executives. Executives can use leadership to unlock knowledge for innovation and to motivate employees to solve their current problems in a
As a leader, you create the culture that either helps your teams thrive––or barely survive. Obviously, no leader intentionally stalls or stymies a team. But even the best leaders occasionally make mistakes that freeze their people rather than free them to excel. Here’s how that happens: Avoid These 5 Mistakes Leaders Make That Cripple Teams
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