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WOW – it started innocently enough. But then again, many battles may start innocently. It’s what happens after the first act when things go awry. Let’s just say that when you find yourself in a Twitter war, you lose. And let’s add a period to that sentence. At the least this was a stumble for […]
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Ruth Veloria, Executive Dean, University of Phoenix School of Business Growth mindset, a term coined by Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck, is the idea of inspiring individual and organizational confidence to achieve goals. It is about believing that talents and abilities can be improved through effort and new strategies: a fixed mindset believes talents
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Prior to the Patriots’ stunning comeback in Super Bowl 2017, quarterback Tom Brady answered the question about what makes his team so special: “Mental toughness.” He could have said exceptional physical strength, training, and superior talent, but he didn’t. What team that makes it to the Super Bowl doesn’t embody these? Mental toughness involves something
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Paul J. Zak, PhD, Professor, Claremont Graduate University Fear or love? At the most basic level, these are a leader’s choices when seeking to motivate followers. Most managers, perhaps due to some hangover from the eighteenth century, lead by fear because, well, it works. Fear may not be explicit, though some managers still scream and
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It’s an astonishing statistic, but roughly two out of three change initiatives fail to meet their stated targets. This is significant since most companies must undertake moderate organizational changes at least once a year (and major changes every four or five years) due to disruption from technology, their industry and/or the competition. As a senior
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Jeffrey McIntosh, CEO, Teabook CEOs can be compared to tea leaves; you never know their strength until they’re dunked in hot water. Not only that, CEO’s leadership skills must drive revenues, company growth, employee development and impact their communities and industry eco-systems. Which is why I’d like to give you a front row seat while I
The Transformative Power of Leadership: One CEO’s Perspective Read More »
Is there someone you work with who could use a little motivation? Could you use a little motivation? You can’t motivate someone else if you can’t motivate yourself and, frankly, we could all use a little motivation sometime. Too often we think of motivation as money or a promotion but intrinsic motivation comes from inside
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In 2016, Wells Fargo fired more than 5,000 employees who learned the hard way that carrots don’t work—at least not in the long run. Decision-makers tied a substantial piece of these employees’ compensation to steep sales targets and made reaching them a condition of continued employment. They saw movement, if not true motivation. Even when
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Shayne Hughes & Brandon Black, Authors, Ego Free Leadership A workplace without politics is as mythical as a unicorn. But when those politics undermine company morale, it’s time to take a closer look—before they cut into the bottom line. Brandon Black was grappling with an all-too-familiar scenario in his then workplace. The erstwhile CEO of
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Andy Molinsky, Professor of Organizational Behavior, Brandeis International Business School “Very few people, whether you’ve been in that job before or not, get into the seat and believe today that they are now qualified to be the CEO. They’re not going to tell you that, but it’s true.” Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks In 2014 Roger
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