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Suzanne Bates, CEO, Bates Communications How many leaders have walked onto a big stage and stumbled at precisely the moment when we hoped they would shine? When Mary Barra appeared before Congress in April to answer for events leading to GM’s recall of 1.6 million vehicles with faulty ignitions, her careful, overly-scripted testimony landed with […]
Can Executive Presence be Measured? Yes, and with Rigor Read More »
The movement advocating consensus decision-making happened at about the same time as the human resources movement emerged. People researched democratic decision-making, advocated for more group involvement, and promised new-found synergy among members of the decision-making team. But not until the past five years have leaders sought to have their direct reports *like* their decisions. Of
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Chip R. Bell I arrived at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta late in the afternoon at the end of a week on the road. My dress pants needed pressing for an early morning keynote. Dialing the hotel housekeeping department I was told that someone would be right up to get my trousers. Moments later, a
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Meridith Elliott Powell, Founder & Owner, MotionFirst Well like it or not, British musician’s Sting’s children are going to have to work for living. In an interview with the Mail Online the former front man for the 80’s band The Police, revealed that he has no plans to leave his children much if any of his $306
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Jeremy Kingsley, President, OneLife Leadership The FIFA World Cup is in full swing and the USA has a win against Ghana, a tie against Portugal, and even with a loss to Germany, the team is advancing to the next round. Soccer is suddenly everywhere! Of course, in most of the world it’s always everywhere. In the US, it’s
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Lawrence Polsky and Antoine Gerschel, Managing Partners, PeopleNRG.com People resist change. Among 1,300 professionals who responded to our 2012 Global Study, 81% reported they say yes to changes but do nothing. A recent glaring example of this is what has become known as the “GE nod.” GM recently fired 15 people for just nodding yes and
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Dr. Laurent M. Lapierre, Professor, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa In the past, leadership theory and practice has traditionally favored the leader in discussions of how leadership can advance organizational effectiveness. But what about the follower and the part they have to play? Followers are essential to any organization. Without followers you have no leaders and
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Airline captains don’t have an “open door policy, and there’s a good reason for that. Aside from the obvious terrorist and crazy passenger threats, airline pilots realize they face another adversary: treacherous interruptions. In 1974 an Eastern Airlines flight carrying seventy-eight passengers and four crew members crashed in dense fog during an instrument approach into
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Jim Bathurst, Retired Marine Colonel and Author Imagine being the executive assistant to the Marketing Division President of a Fortune 500 company, and the CEO periodically comes down from his ivory tower, walks by your desk, and never acknowledges you even exist. That is but one example of the leadership my wife witnessed while working
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Johnny Manziel, the 22nd pick in this year’s draft, went where no college player has gone before. Not in 78 years. The NFL draft started in 1936. Let’s do the Math. Well, math is not really my thing so let’s do the estimating thing. Roughly 12,000 football players have played in the NFL. And no
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