Who are the leaders in your company? If your answer is limited to the CEO and others who prowl the hallways of the c-suite, I suggest you expand your view because leadership happens at all levels of the organization. In fact, your supervisors and managers perform some of the most important leadership functions …
Tag Archive: leadership development
Oct 02 2013
Leadership Development Training: A Great Investment
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Send to Kindle“We just don’t have money in the budget for leadership development training right now.” I hear this way too often. Yes, leadership training is my business so I have a vested interest. But this isn’t an ad for services. It’s a plea to help your supervisors and managers become better leaders. Leadership development …
Aug 19 2013
Do Companies Need Managers?
It’s a question that few would have even thought to ask 20 years ago. The short answer is yes. To really understand though let’s dive a little deeper into the question. There are a few companies that have successfully experimented with the idea of eliminating any management or leadership positions. However, they’ve established …
Aug 16 2013
Leaders: Have You Ever Said “That’s An Order?”
Leaders: Have You Ever Said “That’s An Order?” “I never said that.” In a recent interview with General Colin Powell, that was his answer to the traditional belief that a military leader had only to say, “That’s an order.” The interviewer seemed a little surprised. After all, wasn’t that how military leaders made …
Aug 02 2013
Leadership Development: What’s the Return on That Investment?
Leadership Development: What’s the Return on That Investment? What’s the return on that investment? It’s a good question and one that any smart business leader will ask anytime resources are going to be expended. Unfortunately, too many senior leaders think of leadership development as an expense instead of an investment because it’s difficult …
Jul 22 2013
Leadership Development: Fix it Fast!
Leadership Development: Fix it Fast! You’ve just been given a new assignment. It’s a promotion and a big challenge. Your responsibility is to fix a division that has been doing poorly. The CEO has personally instructed you that it better be fixed. He was nice about it but you could tell he was …
Jul 19 2013
Leadership Lessons from Abercrombie and Fitch
Leadership Lessons from Abercrombie and Fitch Abercrombie and Fitch. Just saying the name will cause some to suffer severe anxiety. It seems that they are proud to be exclusionary. They only want to sell clothing to young people who have a specific body type and self-image. Sometimes they put messages on their clothes …
Jul 12 2013
Leadership Development: What Happens When You Leave?
Leadership Development: What Happens When You Leave? Jack has been a terrific manager. His people like him and he’s turned in some really great results. In fact, he led his team to terrific success on the Scout project and it will be the first time such a complex new system will be completely …
Jul 09 2013
Benefits of Military Leadership Development
Benefits of Military Leadership Development My military experience is a big part of my understanding of great leadership. I truly believe that the main reason the U.S. military is consistently ranked as one of the most respected institutions in the country is their approach to leadership development. Don’t take my word for it …
Jun 24 2013
What’s New in Leadership?
What’s New in Leadership? The headline screamed, “The New Rules for Leadership.” This caught my attention since the rules of leadership that I’d seen work so well, and had used myself with some success, were pretty old. Many of the researchers who had codified these principles did so in the early to mid …
