Dr. Alan R. Zimmerman, Leadership Consultant and author of the “Payoff Principle” In the old world of work, it was all about taking orders. People were expected to park their brains, shut their mouths and work their forty hours a week. In the new world of work, it’s all about engaging people. President John Quincy Adams […]
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Kim Christfort, National Managing Director, The Deloitte Greenhouse™ Experience team In a time of accelerating change, increasing disruption, and heightened uncertainty, success demands unprecedented levels of resilience and flexibility from executives. CEOs in particular must strike a dynamic balance between seemingly paradoxical priorities – embracing risk while mitigating it, exploring new, untested, business models while
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Why do some people conquer the dragon, but others succumb to it? Why can some overcome adversity when it devastates others? I wanted to know the answer, so in 1995, I decided to study heroes, people who had overcome significant adversity and emerged healthy and hardy—people who had taken care of others while they coped
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Chip R. Bell, Author, Kaleidoscope: Delivering Innovative Service That Sparkles There was a Muppet character on Sesame Street who was an enthusiastic chef with such a strong Swedish accent you could not understand a single word he said. His sketch appeared like a Julia Childs style cooking show. My son was eight or nine at the time,
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Kevin & Jackie Freiberg, Authors, Bochy Ball: The Chemistry of Winning and Losing in Baseball, Business and Life Whether you’re a fan or not, there are countless lessons to borrow from baseball and apply in business. As book critic, Jim Pawlak observed, “Both employ ‘players’ with specialties. Both have All-Stars (aging, prime, budding,) “A” and
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Bruce Hartman, Founder, Gideon Partners During my time as a Fortune 500 CFO and as a business advisor, I noticed that successful organizations have a culture that attracts high performing employees. Their culture matches their business goals and the business seems to grow effortlessly. These companies have a culture built around highly ethical behaviors and
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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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Jonathan Terrell, Founder & President, KCIC On February 5, 2018, I became one of a small number of people from around the globe to complete the World Marathon Challenge — seven marathons, in seven days, on all seven continents. It was a grueling experience, but I was successful because I applied several lessons I’ve learned since
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John Knights, Co-founder and Chairman of LeaderShape Global It is not surprising that most CEOs and other senior leaders put a brake on their personal development as a leader once they are in that position. First, they got to where they are by being who they are! Who can argue with that? And second, the job
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Denise Dudley, Founder, SkillPath Seminars You’re a CEO, and by definition, you do all sorts of CEO-like things. You think like a CEO. You talk like a CEO. (You even read The CEO Magazine!) But are you sure your totally awesome CEO-ness is coming across to others, loud and clear? People communicate using seven channels: facial
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