Category: Leadership Skills
Steelcase CEO on How Office Layout Impacts Corporate Culture
Your office environment is not just the context for what you do, it’s an important choice itself. There is no one best environment for all organizations. Instead, plan and put…
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How to Decide When It’s Time to Walk Away a la Kofi Annan in Syria
If one of the world’s most experienced and respected diplomats, former United Nations General Secretary and Nobel Prize winner Kofi Annan can’t resolve differences, what hope is there for the…
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Learn and Apply The Critical Communication Lesson From NBC’s Olympic Timing Misfires
NBC has had a couple of communication misfires. The one that triggered this article was their running a promotion of their soon to be aired interview with backstroke gold medalist…
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How to Take Advantage of Coming Changes In Consumer Behavior through Nexting
Anticipate the impact of changes. Like Zyman, ask “What else is that going to change?” Noticing changes that are already happening keeps you from losing. Winning requires you to get ahead of…
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The Power of Persistence: Author Norb Vonnegut
There’s a high likelihood that this will be my friend, author Norb Vonnegut’s breakout week. His third novel, “The Trust” comes out tomorrow and was positively reviewed by Janet Maslin…
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Fear the Randomly Dogmatic Boss or Colleague
New leaders should have an organizing framework and not follow it. In the wise words of Wharton Professor Len Lodish, "It is better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong."…
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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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Lessons In Complementary Leadership From Disney And Coca-Cola
Most leaders are unbalanced. They are relatively stronger in some areas than others. The secret to making them more productive is to let them play to their strengths, while at…
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Leading Those That Would Undermine Your Leadership
The number one thing experienced leaders regret is not moving faster on people. Even so, many leaders are reluctant to make early people moves for fear of upsetting the apple…
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