The Progression and Development of Superior Leaders
The best leaders are willing to listen to their employees. They should accept ideas, provide funding, follow up and give credit to employees’ suggestions.
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Want To Get More Innovative With Your Team? Here’s Where You Need To Focus.
Building an innovation mindset within a team is similar to building a muscle; it needs practice and more practice. "Visual diversity" is no longer enough, "cognitive diversity" is the game-changer for high performing organizations.
What Is Executive Presence and How Do You Get It?
Executive presence isn’t something you can simply decide to have one day if you don’t have it already. It needs to be cultivated. But I don’t recommend focusing on whether you have it or not as that could come off contrived.
Five Ways To Lead A Group To Greatness
Leaders who acknowledge failure, look past it without trying to lay blame, and choose to learn from it gain a powerful relationship to failure. As Winston Churchill said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Not Ready For Prime Time? Tips On Your New Leadership Role
Effective leadership requires hard work that’s often exhausting and repetitive. It can stretch your emotional and intellectual dexterity. Then there’s that part about needing to make tough decisions that are sure to upset some of the people you’re trying to lead.
The Business Case for Executive Assessment
It’s often taken for granted that organizations need to identify and develop their talented employees, but a surprising percentage of them struggle to do so. In the case of executive-level talent, this failure has serious consequences.
Avoiding Team Conflict Can Be a Grave Mistake: Four Strategies For Healthy Team Conflict
One of the biggest mistakes leaders make is avoiding team conflict. Yes, conflict may feel uncomfortable, but that tension is often a very natural if not necessary part of real progress and team bonding.
Top Job Interview Soft Skill is Uncomfortable For 69% of Managers
Communication is the key to success in your career, and the soft skill of conversation is on clear display in any job interview. Sir Richard Branson says that ”Communication is the most important skill any leader can possess.” However, if you are uncomfortable with your communication skills, you’re not alone.
How Women Have Finally Broken through the 'Glass Ceiling'
In this era when many women are stepping out as leaders, it’s fair to say that women have finally broken through the glass ceiling.