As we enter the middle of the work week, I have two pieces of news that I’m delighted to share with my readers. First up is this month’s Leadership Development Carnival at Dan McCarthy’s blog, “Great Leadership”. Dan has been gracious in sharing my piece “Social Media and the True … Click to continue reading
Today’s piece is a guest post by Dr. Bret L. Simmons. Bret is an Associate Professor of Management in the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), where he teaches courses in organizational behaviour, leadership, and personal branding to both undergraduate and MBA students. You can read … Click to continue reading
Recently, I read a wonderful post by fellow leadership blogger Gwyn Teatro where she wrote about what Jazz can teach leaders about the value of improvisation in their organizations. Being a big fan of this musical genre (one of my daughters’ drawings found on my site is of the blue … Click to continue reading
Over the last few weeks, I read with much interest a discussion among members of a particular LinkedIn group where they attempted to define the single most important attribute to leadership. For some participants, the most important trait was integrity; others felt that awareness was the key to effective leadership. … Click to continue reading
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported the results of an interesting survey that should encourage some reflection and review by both university graduates and businesses, and hopefully the various educational institutions as well. From April to June of this year, over 10 000 currently employed university graduates (graduated university … Click to continue reading
Image courtesy of Mary Jo Asmus. Today’s piece is a guest post by Mary Jo Asmus. Mary Jo is a former Fortune 500 executive-turned-president of an executive coaching firm, Aspire Collaborative Services. Her company works with high potential leaders and senior executives in Fortune 100, government, and non-profit organizations around … Click to continue reading
Last week, a few of the leadership bloggers who I enjoy reading and conversing with were invited to the 2010 World Business Forum in New York City to share with their readers some of the ideas presented by such renowned business leaders and thinkers as Jack Welsh, Joseph Grenny, and … Click to continue reading
It’s the beginning of October and with it, there’s a brand new Leadership Development Carnival edition. This month’s edition is being hosted by my friend, Mary Jo Asmus over at Aspire-CS.com. The October edition features over 30 articles from various writers on the topic of leadership, including my own piece … Click to continue reading
Have you ever noticed how discussions on improving business operations or possible solutions to today’s economic challenges rarely consider what the emotional impact will be on employees? In some ways, it’s not too surprising given how many of us have had leaders who taught us to not take things personally … Click to continue reading
While it might not be too apparent, one of the things I like doing with my blog is experimenting with how it works or looks. Part of this is no doubt because I come from a science background and so, being interested in testing and evaluating outcomes is a given. … Click to continue reading
Today’s piece is a guest post by Meredith Bell. Meredith is the president and co-founder of Performance Support Systems, a software company based in Newport News, Virginia. She’s been an entrepreneur since 1982, when she discovered that she didn’t function well in a bureaucratic, political organization. For the several years … Click to continue reading
One of the lessons we were all taught by our parents was the importance of saying thank you to others. No matter how small or insignificant the interaction was, we were reminded that expressing gratitude to others was not only polite, but the right thing to do. Of course, as … Click to continue reading