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How to Unlock Your Team’s Creativity

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 4, 2019 | 0 Comments

How To Unlock Your Team’s Creativity By Rebecca Shambaugh As a leadership coach, I never miss an opportunity to ask senior-level executives what they see as critical for people and organizations to succeed in today’s dynamic business environment. I met with an executive vice president of a Fortune 500 company this week (let’s call her Ashley) […]

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To Improve Your Team, First Work on Yourself

By Nicki Sanders | Feb 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

To Improve Your Team, First Work on Yourself Jennifer Porter, Harvard Business Review A colleague and I were recently meeting with a CEO and his leadership team, observing them as they discussed how to improve their annual planning process. As the team of ten explored their current process, the conversation got heated. The team had […]

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How Leaders Can Get Honest, Productive Feedback

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 30, 2019 | 0 Comments

How Leaders Can Get Honest, Productive Feedback By Jennifer Porter, Harvard Business Review As an executive coach, I work with many successful leaders who want to become even more effective. Recently, I asked a client of mine what kind of feedback she was receiving to help her be a better leader. She said, “My last […]

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Empathy and the Government Shutdown

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 28, 2019 | 0 Comments

Empathy – the experience of understanding another person’s thoughts, feelings, and condition from his or her point of view, rather than from one’s own Authoritarian Leadership (Autocratic) is strongly focused on both command by the leader and control of the members. There is also a clear hierarchy. Autocratic leaders make decisions independently with little or no input from […]

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Here’s How My Biggest Business Failure Improved My Leadership Skills

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 25, 2019 | 0 Comments

Here’s How My Biggest Business Failure Improved My Leadership Skills John Rampton, VIP Contributor, Entrepreneur Everybody is a genius when things are going good. Failure and what follows is when you really learn who has what to offer. There’s a lot you can learn when your business fails — despite it being a devastating experience. […]

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How to Be an Ethical Leader: 4 Tips for Success

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 23, 2019 | 0 Comments

How to Be an Ethical Leader: 4 Tips for Success By Sammi Caramela, Staff Writer, Business News Daily There is an evident difference between a leader and a boss, and the way they make those below them feel. Do they abuse their power to intimidate workers, or do they lead by example? The latter is […]

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Happy 90th Birthday Dr. King

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 21, 2019 | 0 Comments

Today we celebrate the 90th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Although Dr. King is most known for his nonviolent stance, let us not forget that he was a social justice warrior beaten and jailed for his resistance to discrimination and oppression and fight for equality and economic justice. On August 28, 1963, Dr, […]

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How You Can Restructure Your Company’s Management Into 21st Century Leadership

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 18, 2019 | 0 Comments

How You Can Restructure Your Company’s Management Into 21st Century Leadership Jeffrey Hayzlett, VIP Contributor, Entrepreneur There’s the ‘old school’ model and the ‘new school’ model. Which one are you? The age of management is dead!  At least management as we knew it. Executives are no longer looking to micromanage everyday decisions; instead, they’re empowering other employers […]

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4 Massive Mistakes Many Companies Make When Promoting New Managers

By Nicki Sanders | Jan 16, 2019 | 0 Comments

4 Massive Mistakes Many Companies Make When Promoting New Managers A person who is very good at her job is not automatically going to be equally good supervising other people doing that job. Shawn Doyle, Guest Writer, Entrepreneur Imani was really great at customer service. Everyone viewed her as a superstar. Coworkers, customers and management […]

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