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 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 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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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 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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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 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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My Top Productivity Hack Is . . . Hire Great Managers Gallup found that one in two employees have left a job due to a manager. Doesn’t that tell you something? Sujan Patel, VIP Contributor, Entrepreneur Employees are job-hopping more than ever before, and it’s typically due to their managers. In fact, Gallup found that one
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I left the federal government in 1997, so I admit that I had a lot less financial responsibilities when I embraced a furlough over two decades ago. That furlough was also shorter in duration. I fully understand that over 800,000 federal workers are concerned about stable housing, healthcare, education, utilities, transportation, and food. I don’t
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Being a manager or supervisor is not for the faint at heart. People fantasize about being “the boss” without realizing all that leadership entails. If you are not a “people person” please step aside and let someone else take the helm. Here are 5 things I know for sure about being a manager: Listening is
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