Category: Leadership Skills
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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Reaching Consensus: Lessons from the Iowa Caucus
Utilize the right decision making process for the situation. Different situations require different leadership approaches. Often it’s important to have a bias for action – as in a crisis. Other…
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Leading by Example with Flames of Giving
Almost two decades ago. Sari was looking for ways to make her children more aware of and more connected with the community around them. She knew there were others in…
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Follow the Money to Understand What Happened at Last Week’s European Summit
Leading different groups through a crisis together requires a shared purpose. You must find the common ground across different groups to have a hope of getting people aligned around a…
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Leadership Lessons in Real Time – Merkel and Sarkozy
There are important things to be learned from how Europe's leaders manage through their debt crisis. We titled the new appendix in the 3rd edition of The New Leader's…
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How Merkel Can Lead the Euro Zone Out of Crisis
This is the moment for German Chancellor Angela Merkel to choose to take up the mantle of European leadership …or not. It must be tempting for her to let things…
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How John Smale Changed the Business Environment for Procter & Gamble
In the pantheon of signs, symbol, and stories that help people understand Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) culture, one of the classics is how former P&G CEO John Smale got the…
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Supercommittee Classic Level Three Failure in Decision Making
The United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction would have had to publish its plan yesterday to meet the vote deadline of tomorrow. They did not. It's…
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Oops
Webster defines "oops" as —"used typically to express mild apology, surprise, or dismay". Rick Perry had an oops in this week’s presidential debate. He forgot the Department of Energy…
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