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Lou Solomon, CEO & Founder, Interact Sitting in a boardroom with your leadership team, you might be seduced into believing that you can drive change for employees while avoiding the pain of self-inventory. You might even imagine that your problems are caused by everyone else–and that you have earned the right to expect the trust […]
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Dr Don Steele, Coauthor of “Undefeated” It was a cold Michigan winter day when I first met Bill and Chris Shepler at a restaurant in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. I had just flown in from my home in Scottsdale, Arizona. My meeting with the Sheplers had been arranged by Dr. Patty Janes, a professor at Central
Do your KPIs work for you or do you work for your KPIs? Here is a practical test: when your KPIs work for you, they act as discussion triggers. Key performance indicators prompt you and your team to have the discussions necessary to solve problems. Those that work for you will help you be more
Esen Akter Tekinel, COO/Vice Chair, PMI-Washington, DC When was the last time your team leader displayed poor interpersonal relationship skills? When did you see a leader escalating tension in an already stressful situation? If your answer is “recently”, this and similar cases can be alleviated with a new leadership model. The model proposed herein, can
~~I was recently asked a common question during a Q&A. “What is a brand?” Believe it or not, I get asked this question all the time, simply because the word “brand” carries with it many different definitions. Depending on what one does for a living, what they’ve heard, what they’ve learned, or how they perceive
Ted Bagley, Author, “The Success Factor: Navigating the Treacherous Waters of Corporate America” In the corporate community, the primary focus for the majority of companies is on identifying, recruiting, training and retaining top and “key-to-retain” talent. Many companies are excellent in the front-end activity, but are very short-sighted in the back-end foundational initiatives such as
Holly Duckworth, CEO – CAE, CMP, Leadership Solutions International At the pace of life today, time is money. We do not have time to waste with long meetings or long decision-making timelines. While we would like to have long conversations and time to think before we act, often we do not have that luxury. Our
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It goes without saying that both IBM and HP are legendary giants within the IT industry. However, each has suffered from a similar set of problems in the past, and now those issues are once again setting the stage for disaster. These include a lack of vision, extremely poor decision making on part of their
Marcia Reynolds, Author, The Discomfort Zone The greatest asset of a CEO is having a pipeline of mentally developed leaders who actively seek to learn more about themselves and their work. A bench of leaders who are constantly growing their minds ensure successful management, transitions, and a sustainable competitive advantage. The vision painted above is
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Grant Cardone, Founder, Whatever It Takes Network How is your company culture affecting your profits and sales? Culture is defined as, “a way of thinking, behaving, or working that exists in a place or organization (such as a business).” People used to work from sun up to sun down and had to hunt for their
