Category: Leadership Skills & Strategy
Leading In An Age Of Decreased Face-To-Face Communication
Be, Do, Say You will choose your own way of leading. You will likely choose to lead in different ways in different times – from different chairs in different places. Keep…
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Managing First Impressions In A New Job
Premature cognitive commitment from new staff members, or jumping to conclusions, is always a risk in onboarding. However, it plays out differently with employees and executives. This is one of…
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To Be One of the “Best Places to Work,” Build a BRAVE Culture
In February, St. Joseph Hospital was named one of the “Best Places to Work in Indiana” for the sixth consecutive year. Hospital President Kathy Young firmly believes that it is St. Joseph’s “corporate culture…
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How Leaders Can Inspire Action through Compelling Storytelling
Great communication changes people. It changes the way they feel. It changes what they do. The secret to inspiring others is connecting an idea or a vision with a hope…
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Three Steps to a Compelling Message
Compelling messages rarely appear out of thin air. Messages that make a real impact are the result of a lot of hard work, even though some business leaders and politicians…
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Five Steps to Turn Wasteful Meetings into Drivers of Success
Five Steps to Effective Meetings 1. Context. Understand the meeting’s place in the broader journey. It’s not about the meeting itself, or even the meeting experience. It’s about how the…
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Corporate Culture: The Only Truly Sustainable Competitive Advantage
In sustainable, championship cultures, behaviors (the way we do things here) are inextricably linked to relationships, informed by attitudes, built on a rock-solid base of values, and completely appropriate for…
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Following Gabrielle Giffords' BRAVE Leadership
This column highlights things leaders do well as examples for others to follow. Gabrielle Giffords’ resignation from congress is such a thing. It is a classic act of inspiration and…
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How Leaders’ Communication Styles Impact the Delivery of Results
I recently asked acoustics expert David Greenberg what the greatest concert hall is. He quickly replied, “For what?” He went on to explain that different venues are better for certain…
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