Category: Team & Culture
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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Leadership Lessons from the World’s Top Companies: 2011 Year in Review
As you undertake a new job, keep in mind the three steps which will help you succeed: Get a head start. Manage the message. Build the team.
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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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Kim Jong Un’s Challenges in Taking Over the Family Business (North Korea)
In taking over a family business, you must map beyond what you can easily see and choose your timing very carefully.
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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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Lessons from The Animal School Fable in Leveraging Strengths
It’s a lesson we learn over and over again. Most of us are unbalanced. We are relatively stronger in one area than another. There is a great temptation to fix…
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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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