The following is a guest piece from author David Amerland. There is a change happening at the very top of the organizational hierarchy that, like a weather vane, reflects some of the fundamental changes happening across every organization and the marketplace they operate in. When organizations were hidden behind opaque … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece from former Microsoft President and Chief Xbox Officer, Robbie Bach. As someone who absolutely loves sports, I follow the fortunes of various teams and often wonder what makes some more successful than others. Certainly, there are times where it is all about certain players … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by New York Times bestselling author, Kevin Kruse. Do you ever feel like you know what you should be doing as a leader, but there just isn’t enough time to actually do it? How do successful people create pockets of time so they can … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by former Disney executive Ken Goldstein. I don’t like performance reviews. I never liked giving them, and I never liked getting them. They are like school report cards, only less well-meaning and more poorly formed. They make the workplace more political, needlessly enforcing nerve-wracking … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by Amy Brann. Most leaders we work with are passionate, committed, intelligent and dedicated. They want to make their organization the best it can possibly be. They want to support their employees and enable them to do their best work. They also want to … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by Shawn Murphy. For too long people have been taken for granted in the workplace. Leaders attempt to control, manage, dictate, coerce people to do what is needed. A people-centric approach to running a business is celebrated as an accomplishment in foreword-thinking organizations. We … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by author Sean Glaze. If you’re like most team leaders, you go into your team’s season or project or quarterly sales period with a goal. And if you’re like most leaders, you find yourself frustrated at some point in that process because you struggle … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by CEO Ben Decker. Across every business vertical and level, we all tell ourselves little white lies when it comes to communicating: “People tell me I’m pretty good at communicating.” “I don’t need to prep; I can wing it.” “If I say the words, … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by fellow author Dan Ward. Like most authors, I get a lot of questions about my books. One question I struggle to answer is “Was the book hard to write?” On the one hand, writing my books required considerable time and effort. Researching, drafting, … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by Mike Figliuolo. The phrase “think outside the box” makes me physically ill. It’s trite and isn’t at all practical. But inside the box? That’s where great leaders go to get more out of their teams. You can too with a simple assessment tool … Click to continue reading
The following is a guest piece by Marlene Chism. There are as many definitions for leadership as there are companies that have leaders, yet at the core, leadership is about alignment. When we hear the word alignment, we think “walking the talk” or acting from integrity. We have all had … Click to continue reading
We leaders tend to focus on developing external resources. How can we make the best use of our team’s time, budget, and expertise? Yes, these are important considerations, and leaders who ignore them won’t be leading for long. But too often, leaders focus so much on external factors that they … Click to continue reading