Leadership Caffeine™—The Leitmotif of Effective Leadership
Much like the repeating sounds that bring substance and meaning to great works of music, there’s a recurring set of notes and chords that emanate from all effective leaders. These include...
It’s Your Career—8 Sure-Fire Ways to Annoy Your Boss
If your objective is to annoy your boss and ensure that you earn your way on to his or her Short List (OK, the name of the list starts with sh and ends with t, but this is a family blog), try these eight actions on for size:
Art of Managing—Always Be Building
Of the eight valuable leadership lessons shared in the HBR article, "Ferguson's Forumla" (subscription or $), number 2, “Dare to Rebuild Your Team” is critically important and often bypassed in the workplace due to friction, tentativeness on the part of managers and HR groups and lack of vision and courage on the part of managers. Sadly, in too many cases, we allow a number of challenging but controllable impediments to get in our way of doing the right thing. These 4 are...
Leadership Caffeine™—It’s Time to Put More Context in Your Conversations
Looking for a boost in morale and team or departmental performance? Try spending some time helping your colleagues connect their work efforts and goals to the bigger picture of your firm’s strategy. Here are 6 practices that effective leaders apply in pursuit of creating clear context for individual and team challenges:
Art of Managing—You Can’t Scale Bad People
There’s no formula, no strategy, no approach to building a great business that allows you to short circuit the need for great people. If you're facing this issue, here are a few thoughts to help you get this equation for success right:
New Leader Tuesday—Effective Leaders Earn Their Stripes Every Day
Leading is a privilege and you serve at the discretion of the people on your team. While you might have hire, promote or fire authority, the people around you make the choice to go through the motions or invest their hearts and minds in pursuit of their tasks.
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