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Sheri Staak, Author, Tune In to WOW Leadership Are today’s leaders ready to face the demands and changes of the future? Perhaps not, according to Global Leadership Forecast 2014/2015, a joint study by Development Dimensions International and The Conference Board. Research indicated that only 9 percent of HR leaders believed their leaders were “very ready” […]
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Identifying and Developing Leaders and Future Leaders…Yes, the Need for Succession Planning There are no strong companies, without having strong current leaders and a strong bench of emerging leaders. Although this has always been true, never in recent history has the need for outstanding leaders been more acute than it is today. In today’s challenging
~~Getting Great People and Keeping Them are Two Very Different Things Part of the formula for a vibrant and sustainable culture is hiring inspired and talented people. But, it’s not enough for you to bring people on board who share your values and your purpose. You need to keep these people on board. In most
Rob-Jan de Jong, ANTICIPATE: The Art Of Leading By Looking Ahead “What I have learned is the power of a compelling vision,” Allan Mulally, the former CEO of Ford Motor Company, stated in an interview with Forbes in 2012. Mind you, he didn’t learn this from a textbook; he had put it into practice, witnessed
Norman Wedderburn, President & CEO, Make-A-Wish Southern Florida Imagine a business that doesn’t sell a product or provide a service, instead focuses solely on providing an intangible and unquantifiable emotion. Imagine also if one chooses to be involved only when their heart is moved. This is a challenge in any economic climate but herculean when the
When senior leaders consistently make good decisions, little else matters; when they make bad decisions, nothing else matters. Effective decision-making stands at the center of executive leadership and organizational success. As leaders climb the ladder to top positions, others call on them regularly to solve problems and occasionally to make decisions. At the top, these
Today leaders are largely defined by two characteristics: an aptitude for making hard decisions; for reading situations and demonstrating credible judgment whilst amplifying certainty, and secondly, an ability to influence others; to persuade, to inspire and to shift hearts and minds. Both of these characteristics are informed by a leader’s capacity for insight, their understanding
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There is a saying that it takes a village to raise a child. When I competed in horse shows at the national level, I can say that it took a village of people to get one horse and rider into the ring. My mom was not a horse expert. She did not ride; she did
One of the “realities” I’ve discovered through the years of business ownership, consulting and speaking, is that the customer or client rarely sees you as YOU see you. This is known as Perceptual Reality. In his book Magical Worlds of the Wizard of Ads, Roy H. Williams defines Perceptual Reality as our imagination. We spend
I recently gave a talk on the chemistry of strategy to the CEO Club of Boston. The talk was scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and to finish no later than 11 a.m. I’ve devoted the last forty years to this topic, so I could have talked for hours. But I didn’t. Why? Because I
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