“Effective leaders don’t have to be passionate. They don’t have to be charming. They don’t have to be brilliant… They don’t have to be great speakers. What they must be is clear. Above all else, they must never forget the truth that of all the human universals – our need for security, for … [Read more...] about The Case for Clarity: A Key Leadership Quality
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A Winning Team in the First 90 Days
The most important decisions you make in your first 90 days will probably be about the people on your team. If you succeed in creating a high-performance team, you can exert tremendous leverage in value creation. If not, you will face severe difficulties, for no leader can hope to achieve much … [Read more...] about A Winning Team in the First 90 Days
Leadership Coaching for Behavioral Change
How do you get leaders to change? How do you optimize their talents and potential? What are best practices of executive coaching programs that produce lasting results in effective leadership behaviors that drive business results? Executive coaching is a tremendous opportunity for leveraging … [Read more...] about Leadership Coaching for Behavioral Change
Leadership by Persuasion
“Effective persuasion becomes a negotiating and learning process through which a persuader leads colleagues to a problem’s shared solution.” —Jay A. Conger,PhDProfessor of organizational behavior, London Business School Author, Winning ’Em Over: A New Model for Management in the Age of … [Read more...] about Leadership by Persuasion
Rethinking the Future: Leadership for the 21st Century
“Today’s knowledge revolution, having launched a gigantic ‘Third Wave’ of economic, technical and social change, is forcing businesses to operate in radically new, continually shifting ways….every shred of industrial-era thinking is now being rescrutinized and brilliantly reformulated.” —Alvin … [Read more...] about Rethinking the Future: Leadership for the 21st Century
Leadership Power Stress: Creating Renewal
Effective executives often find themselves caught in a cycle of stress and sacrifice, without any possibility or time for recovery or renewal. Most of those who make it to the top have proven track records for influencing others, getting teams to work together and achieving results. Such leaders … [Read more...] about Leadership Power Stress: Creating Renewal
Winning the War for Leadership Talent
“A common organizational mindset is to view jobs as ‘work to be done’ and not as developmental assignments.” – Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter and James Noel in The Leadership Pipeline, 2001 The demand for leadership talent greatly exceeds supply. If economic growth continues at a modest 2 percent … [Read more...] about Winning the War for Leadership Talent
Ready to Snap – The Lure of Modern Life
Are you too busy? Are you always in a hurry, juggling work and family tasks like balls in the air? Are you ready to snap? You’re not alone. Millions of successful adults are being swept up by today’s frenetic, globalized, technology-driven lifestyle. We have plunged into a mad rush of activity, … [Read more...] about Ready to Snap – The Lure of Modern Life
The Quest for Great Customers
Most CEOs hope a stronger focus on customers will protect them from eroding profit margins and commoditization. But getting closer to customers is not a matter of installing better CRM systems or simply measuring satisfaction levels. Companies can take advantage of new, increasingly efficient … [Read more...] about The Quest for Great Customers
Information Overload: Taming the Electronic Beasts
Frantic, forgetful, fragmented and flummoxed. Does this describe you or someone you work with? If so, you’re not alone. Many smart leaders are being swept up by today’s frenetic, globalized, technology-driven lifestyle. We have plunged into a mad rush of activity, aided by high-speed Internet, … [Read more...] about Information Overload: Taming the Electronic Beasts