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The workplace is filled with awkward situations that are hard to discuss. Perhaps there’s been an unpleasant exchange between co-workers and there’s a lingering undertone of anger. Maybe someone didn’t get the expected promotion and remain disappointed. Perhaps market conditions mean that bonuses were cut out this year. Maybe it’s best to not say anything? […]
Elephant in the Room? Three Reasons Not to Ignore It Read More »
Did Tim Sloan, the new CEO of Wells Fargo, tell us a lie? As the sell-at-all-costs sales culture at the banking giant became known to the public, Sloan stated “I’m not aware of any overbearing sales culture” at the institution. Yet, with the data we have now, it’s clear that employees worked in an environment
Trick-or-Treat, Boss! Wells Fargo’s Lesson For Us Read More »
Bill Tibbo, Author, Leadership in the Eye of the Storm As a leader, no matter your business sector, product, or service, you are faced with playing a major role in helping your people heal after a critical event. While healing is a complex process, you don’t have to be a counselor or therapist to put the right
Enduring Lessons for Leaders Navigating Crisis Situations Read More »
Nate Regier, PhD, Co-founder & CEO, Next Element Conflict is like electricity. It has a lot of potential energy. We use electricity to power our appliances and cell phones. Electricity is very dangerous as well. Anyone who’s been shocked by a bad power cord can testify to that! If you’re a bit of a thrill-seeker but don’t
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Leaders think strategically, understand the critical link between focus and clarity, and appreciate the value of time. So fewer and fewer are inclined to let others waste their time. Brevity has become a basic communication skill for professionals. Here are six best practices as a leader: Be brief when speaking off-the-cuff. Lectures are for the
Leader, Be Brief or Be Dismissed Read More »
The end is near: You can see 2016’s finish line on the horizon. For many teams this is “rally time,” meaning we need everyone super focused and giving their best efforts if we’re going to hit our goals. While every team is under immense pressure to finish the year strong, far too many will fall
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Samuel B. Bacharach, Author, The Agenda Mover Having a leadership pipeline is one of the core responsibilities of a CEO. It is continuity, transference, and evolution of leadership skills that sustains the organization. The question for leaders is, “What type of leaders will assure that your organization will thrive?” We no longer live in the world of hierarchy,
Training Your High Potentials to Move Agendas Read More »
One of the biggest mistakes that I made while running my company, Micrel, for 37 years was to hang on to problem employees – those who were extremely functional in producing a lot of high-quality work, but dysfunctional in the way in which they interfaced with others. Why is the Dysfunctional Employee So Hard to
Your Problem Employee is The Dysfunctional-Functional Employee Read More »
Lisa Messenger, Author, Daring & Disruptive When describing the life of a CEO, ‘busy’ doesn’t cut it. Be they at the start of their business journey when every dollar counts, or helming a team of hundreds, a CEO is usually spread thinner than that precious last scrape of Nutella. Budgets, reports, legal issues, people management
Three things every CEO should invest in Read More »
Tim Brown, CEO, Nestle Waters North America Most of my peers and I know about MBWA (management by walking around) from Tom Peters’ and Robert Waterman’s classic 1982 book, In Search of Excellence. Not too long ago, I learned the term originated at Hewlett-Packard in the 1970s, when Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard (who were insatiably curious,
Rethinking MBWA: Find the magic by walking around Read More »
