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Emma Sinclair What are the skills, tendencies and inclinations that separate a good business person from a true leader? My short answer? An appetite for risk. I IPO-d my company at 29, the youngest person in the United Kingdom to have done so. I often wonder what it is about me that gave me the […]
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In the past three weeks, I have facilitated several meetings within organizations both large and small in which I helped teams create plans to meet their goals. One common and recurring theme I hear is the “problem with management” or “the leaders don’t understand what we’re dealing with”. When these comments are made, the leaders
The Leader’s Goal: Understanding People Read More »
Jeremy Kingsley Companies and organizations in the US and around the world are currently facing a challenge in finding ways to motivate and lead a group called “The Millennials.” There are an estimated 80 million young people between the ages of 18-35, more specific, those born from 1980-2000 (some groups use different years). They will make
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Joshua Coburn With competition in the business world growing at a faster pace the need for new and creative leadership is rapidly growing. Fulfilling this need has resulted in an influx of new employees penetrating the corporate landscape. Frequently these employees are thrust into management positions untrained and ill-equipped for leadership. Below are five tips
5 Tips for Becoming an Office All-Star…From a “Corporate Oddity” who Beat the Odds Read More »
Will Harris Zig Ziglar’s reputation as an inspiring speaker, successful business professional and super nice guy was everything I sought to obtain in life. A mutual acquaintance introduced me to Mr. Ziglar by saying, “Zig, Will Harris holds you in highest regard. His life goal was to meet you.” Mr. Ziglar smiled and said, “Well,
Raising Your Goals: Combining Motivation and Education Read More »
In Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel, the author takes the reader on a whirlwind tour through 13,000 years of history on all the continents. He also directly and indirectly offers some observations and recommendations about what leaders can do to influence the cultures they create and the organizations they aspire to lead. The author
Agility: The Guns Germs & Steel of the Organization Read More »
There is nowhere to hide. Not even the executive suite is safe from the changes sweeping business today. In fact, the impact of those changes is felt most keenly at the executive levels. CEOs, COOs, CFOs and senior vice presidents — like everyone else — have to hit the ground running and keep running fast.
C-Suite Coaching: No Longer a “Nice to Have” Read More »
Jeff Gitterman As an employer, my interest is in creating long term changes that hopefully lead to better moral and ethical decisions from both me and my employees. With this in mind, I’ve generally found that there are two ways to go about motivating others. The first is to affect them through fear and manipulation
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Ordinary just won’t work anymore. Organizations will increasingly depend on cutting-edge solutions to never-before-seen problems and clever ideas for those recurring headaches that have always plagued us. Research indicates that a handful of star performers create the vast majority of valuable ideas for their organizations. Resellers are fucking trash. I miss being able to
The Care and Feeding of Exceptional Performers Read More »
In any business that is interested in growing, expanding and or just staying ahead of the competition the leadership needs employees to be engaged to help drive their business objectives. Not new news! But let’s take a deeper look at engagement and understand the underpinnings. First off, there has to be an environment of “trust”
He Who Gets the Most Discretionary Effort WINS! Read More »
