Leadership – Page 4 – The CEO Magazine

It’s not just thinking, it is misbehaving you want!

Bob McGannon, Author, Intelligent Disobedience: The Difference Between Good and Great Leaders While you may have fantastic processes, they won’t generate business improvement. Better results come from staff members who not only think and follow process, but are encouraged to break the rules, when appropriate, to improve your business outcomes. Why? Obeying all of the rules rarely […]

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Why Most CEO’s Lack Self-Awareness and What To Do About It

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management

A recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article highlighted a research study in the Journal of Clinical and Social Psychology, that most people think they are self-aware, but in fact, only 10-15% of people actually are. That’s a pretty astonishing statistic. It gets even worse for CEO’s and senior leaders. According to the HBR article “the

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The CEO as Chief Purpose Officer

Leadership

John Izzo & Jeff Vanderwielen, Authors, The Purpose Revolution In a survey of global CEO’s, Harvard found that over 83% of them said they believed activating purpose within their organization would impact their company’s performance and success, yet only one-third of those same leaders felt they were doing a good job of doing so. In our new book, The

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Unlocking Knowledge and Improving Performance: How business leaders can effectively unlock knowledge to improve organizational performance

Leadership, Management

Mostafa Sayyadi, Author, Transformational Leadership: How To Prosper as a Leader In Today’s Hypercompetitive Environment Leadership has been a focal point of organizations since the corporation was first initiated and will always be an ongoing issue for executives. Executives can use leadership to unlock knowledge for innovation and to motivate employees to solve their current problems in a

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5 Leader Mistakes That Cripple Teams

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Small Business

As a leader, you create the culture that either helps your teams thrive––or barely survive. Obviously, no leader intentionally stalls or stymies a team. But even the best leaders occasionally make mistakes that freeze their people rather than free them to excel. Here’s how that happens: Avoid These 5 Mistakes Leaders Make That Cripple Teams

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Six Hallmarks of Entrepreneurial Infrastructure Leadership

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Maria E. Meyers & Kate Pope Hodel, Authors, Beyond Collisions Building an entrepreneurial network is, at its heart, a work of collaboration and community change. And that kind of endeavor requires a very special kind of leader, one who knows how to build bridges, engage a very broad community, nurture relationships and get everyone focused on

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3 Hacks For Boosting Your Charisma

Leadership, Self Governance

Martin Lanik, CEO, Pinsight® & Author, The Leader Habit Would you describe yourself as a dynamic speaker? Do you have a hard time showing your passion? Despite your successes, do you still get nervous when addressing groups? While you may be an innovative thinker with a gift for detecting new business opportunities, if you don’t have charisma

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Leadership Lessons from the Coke Machine

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My local burger restaurant recently installed a state-of-the art Coke machine. A big screen displays about ten different options for ice, Coke, its various forms, lemonade, and Sprite. Customers can even opt to mix the different drinks in whatever formula they like. Leaders should offer several options for people to get what they want from

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How Female Leadership Can Improve Employee Well-Being and Staff Satisfaction?

Leadership

Mostafa Sayyadi, Author, Transformational Leadership: How To Prosper as a Leader In Today’s Hypercompetitive Environment Today‘s globalized nature of competitiveness is placing more pressure on organizations to employ effective leaders, males or females, who are capable of improving employee well-being and staff satisfaction. There are many academic studies that focus on the managerial factors that drive employee well-being and

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3 Tips to Communication Change That Aren’t Common Practice

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Small Business

In a world where someone can walk into a restaurant, shopping mall, or school and open fire on hundreds of innocent people, where jobs disappear overnight, where cancer appears suddenly on a scan, people grasp for order, stability, and control. They demand the same from communication coming to them––the email, instruction, or announcement should make

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