Results and productivity are higher when people are committed to their work, and higher levels of commitment or engagement increase job satisfaction, safety performance and focus, while reducing on-the-job stress and turnover. But how does a new leader increase employees' commitment? Isn't that something employees have to do for themselves? Actually, both you and employees play … [Read more...]
What Leaders Can Learn From Watching the Super Bowl
If you are like a lot of people, you will be watching the Super Bowl this weekend. Whether at a party, or home alone, whether you are a true fan of the game or of the Broncos or Panthers, or are just watching for the commercials, the Super Bowl is more than a chance to relax, root, eat or spend time with friends. The Big Game offers you a leadership learning … [Read more...]
Master Yourself: Cultivate the 5 C’s of Leadership that Bring out the Best in Others
By Donna Stoneham, PhD, master executive coach and transformational leadership expert "The instrument of leadership is the self, and the mastery of the art of leadership comes from the mastery of the self." - Charles Manz Being a new leader can feel equal parts challenging and exciting. There are hundreds of books with great theories on how to be a good leader, but the … [Read more...]
Kiss of Death: Breaking Team Trust
By Sheri Staak Honesty takes courage, consistency, and confidence. Great leaders don’t need to be perfect, but they need to possess a self-assuredness and fearlessness that enable them to act truthfully, acknowledge their shortcomings, and admit their mistakes. Only then can they garner the respect of their team members and, by way of example, teach them to conduct … [Read more...]
Wise Words: Margaret Thatcher on Leadership
The Challenges of Being a Young Boss
Check out this Jodi Glickman article from the Harvard Business Review blog archives about managing and leading older employees. It can be a difficult task, and we wanted to pass it along, since I know many of you are in that position and it can be difficult. If the following quote resonates with you, I suggest you read the whole article: "Being a leader is tough enough … [Read more...]
Why You Need to Retain Women: The Business Case for Gender Diversity
This is a guest post by Caroline Turner, author of Difference Works: Improving Retention, Productivity and Profitability through Inclusion. Most people don’t change, or willingly go along with change, just because the change is “the right thing to do.” They do it if there is an important reason to change. Businesses don’t change their corporate cultures so that they retain … [Read more...]
Wise Words: Ruth J. Simmons on Amiable Leadership
An Act of Meanness That Shaped My Management Style
By business writer, Jaimy Ford. It’s been years since it happened, but an event at a job early in my career helped to shape the type of manager I would eventually become. I hadn’t yet crossed my one-year anniversary at this particular job, but I’d been very careful to save up my vacation time in preparation for my first big trip over seas. I had the vacation time, I was … [Read more...]
Wise Words: Chuck Close on Inspiration
Today we want to share a quote from Andrew Zuckerman’s book Wisdom, a beautiful collection of portraits of and insights from all sorts of brilliant people over the age of 65. There are a plethora of good quotes in the book, but this sage advice from photographer and artist Chuck Close is especially powerful: … [Read more...]