When Is Leadership Taught Versus Learned
Discussing the distinction between when leadership is learned versus when it’s taught is fascinating. It isn’t always clear-cut, but here are some broad examples: How Leadership Can Be Learned: • Through Observation and Reflection: Watching other leaders can be a powerful learning tool. Consciously observe the nuances of a great boss, a coach, a teacher, […]
Transitioning From An Entrenpreneurship To a Professionally Managed Firm Part I
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of an ongoing series surrounding what it takes to move from a relatively small micro-business to a more robust, larger organization. Each article will explore a different aspect of this journey. Starting with the most basic premise, entrepreneurs typically face the initial challenges surrounding creating a new venture […]
Building Effective Teams
Submitted by Eileen Nonemaker. “The hammers must be swung in cadence when more than one is hammering the iron.” -Giordano Bruno, c. 1548-1600, Italian philosopher and astronomer By definition, a team is a number of people organized to function cooperatively as a group. This number can vary from large to small and can be just […]
If You Want a Different Outcome You Need To Do the Hard Stuff
Submitted by Janice Giannini. I recently read the Middle Market Growth’s special report titled Future of Work 2021. The report addressed post-pandemic realities across several dimensions: the future of work, productivity, strategies for managing a mobile workforce, technology game-changers, the future of logistics, a focus on mentally healthy employees, and technology and ERP systems. A […]
Leadership Under Fire
For many corporate leaders, the last 18 months have been an exercise in living through stress. The situation concerning the pandemic changes day-to-day, and business needs must adjust on a dime. The uncertainty of it all adds to the pressure. Overall, it has been an actual test of leadership. Demanding situations and crises faced by […]
Emotions Are a Leadership Asset but a Management Liability?
Really? Yep. For certain aspects of a business, managing using emotions can be detrimental compared with a more disciplined approach. Regarding business decisions related to the overall vision, mission, and goals, relying on data, facts, logic, reasoning, and experience can be a sound way to go. Facts, metrics, and data can be illuminating as they […]
Perspective – Fact or Fallacy
This illustration may reflect almost any issue with which you and I have a strong personal connection. As simple as it looks on the surface, this goes incredibly deeply into our way of being. Humans, for thousands of years, have expressed a level of certainty in their point of view. I think this holds […]
Why Leadership is So Important in Today’s World
Personally and professionally, we have probably gone through such disruption in so many aspects of our lives, that very little is left unchanged.
Are You Engaging?
Employee engagement doesn’t have to be relegated to some soft-headed, everybody-feelgood- and-sing-Kumbaya moments. It can deliver pragmatic outcomes that most execs would die for.
Measuring Up
In previous columns, I have touched on the need to manage change and transitions, own your customers’ experience, prioritize and publish a list of corporate goals and objectives, truly engage your people, and view your organization’s economic playing field differently. This column brings them together.