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Chip R. Bell Great innovative service leaders view freedom as a crucial characteristic to cultivate ingenuity and creativity. Consider three of the most innovative service cultures—Zappos, Nordstrom and Ritz-Carlton Hotels—and you will discover each is a wellspring of employee freedom. One of Zappos’ core values is “create fun and a little weirdness.” Nordstrom tells employees […]
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We think of self-esteem, confidence, and mindset as an individual’s internal locus of power and control. These factors determine and guide a person’s beliefs, behaviors, and decisions—the combination explaining a person’s success. When we discuss this concentration of perceptions in an organization, we use words like “brand” and “culture,” but we address the same issues.
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The Rocky franchise first came into our lives in 1976. Detroit and Motown both were still churning out hits. Rocky gave the world this quote that remains as true today for business as when these words were mumbled by the prizefighter 37 years ago. “It’s about how hard you get hit . . . How
John Hope Bryant Leadership is not just about making businesses profitable. As a part of their community, business leaders have the ability and an obligation to help their communities thrive. When community members feel a sense of hope–because they have an opportunity to participate fully in our free enterprise system, build savings, and care for
Creating Financially Strong Communities Is a Leadership Obligation Read More »
I have competed in four Ironman’s, I run my own company, have climbed major mountains, I have three active kids, I surely have ADD, and I have a lot of fun. I am often asked how I can accomplish it all. Like with my fitness training, I believe in intervals. An interval day, interval week,
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Lawrence Polsky, MD, PeopleNRG.com Are women business leaders still subjected to a double standard and called “bitchy” just for doing their jobs? Based on the responses of a recent survey we conducted, the answer is yes. Working as an executive team coach over 20 years, 90 percent of the leaders I have coached are women. I
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Gordon Tredgold When it comes to being an inspiring leader there are really only 2 things that we need to do. Create an inspiring vision Create belief that the vision can be achieved When we create an inspiring vision we create the desire in our teams, or within ourselves, to achieve the dream. It becomes
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“When CEO’s and all leaders start displaying an equal or greater passion for wanting to achieve accuracy and objectivity in how they are seen as leaders compared to the passion they display for wanting to achieve accuracy and objectivity in the operations they manage, this will mark the beginning to the end of the world’s
All CEO’s Need An Executive Coach #2: The Decision to be Vulnerable (more thoughts) Read More »
Suzanne Bates, CEO, Bates Communications How many leaders have walked onto a big stage and stumbled at precisely the moment when we hoped they would shine? When Mary Barra appeared before Congress in April to answer for events leading to GM’s recall of 1.6 million vehicles with faulty ignitions, her careful, overly-scripted testimony landed with
Can Executive Presence be Measured? Yes, and with Rigor Read More »
The movement advocating consensus decision-making happened at about the same time as the human resources movement emerged. People researched democratic decision-making, advocated for more group involvement, and promised new-found synergy among members of the decision-making team. But not until the past five years have leaders sought to have their direct reports *like* their decisions. Of
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