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As you have grown your career from individual contributor, to manager, to manager of managers, to executive, have you ever looked at your organization and wondered why people are struggling to work together? Or why work is queuing up in certain teams? I know I did. I naturally gravitated towards ...
Key Takeaways: Like managing up, we can all demonstrate leadership in a paradoxical way: By being good followers. Research demonstrates that good followers demonstrate similar qualities as good leaders, and often end up becoming leaders. I found myself revisiting the topic of followership after sh...
We all want to be happy. Yes, even leaders. Even those whose daily meetings begin with the “bottom line.” To find a sense of optimal contentment is the foundation of most philosophical queries precisely because it’s a basic human need. But can leaders prioritize personal and collective happiness and...
Some of us have been lucky enough to receive training on how to be a principled leader. Others have taken it upon themselves to read and learn from the vast variety of leadership books out there. Yet others have had to learn to lead through the school of hard knocks called life. No matter how you l...
Key Takeaways: Companies who want to inspire innovation should make it part of their internal processes and protocols. Stanley Black & Decker fosters innovation through an “intrepreneurship” mindset, or using practices of entrepreneurship in an existing company As the producer of the “ Manufacturing...
One of the theories mentioned by Yuval Harari in his best seller Sapiens is that our language may have evolved as a way of gossiping. Being a social animal, homo sapiens would have developed the language not only to share the whereabouts of bison or lions but, most importantly, for them to know who ...
As a leader in a team or an organization, it's crucial to train people to learn knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). That is why U.S. organizations spent approximately $83 billion on formal training programs in 2020, and investment in training is expected to continue to grow in the long term (Tra...
Today’s workplace has changed so much due to the increased speed of information, globalization, technology, demographics of the workforce and the COVID-19 Pandemic. This has forced leaders in this new normal to be agile or be left behind. In fact, statistics show that in 1982, information doubled ev...
Key Takeaways: Employee turnover is extraordinarily costly (in time, dollars, and institutional knowledge). A stay interview can provide insight to help reduce turnover. A stay interview can help a leader build a culture of engagement and alignment. Is your organization experiencing an increase...
Key takeaways: Properly research your markets’ needs Connect to your source There are many mission-critical parameters a company must properly identify to be able to effectively serve the market. And when the most critical is forgotten, it can lead to the death of an organization. Just a few of the ...
