Leadership as a Business Strategy

I found this great post and I thought I would pass it along. This well written post points out that to be effective leaders, especially in your business, you have to be likeable! At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how experienced you are and how much you know - if you aren’t [...]

Management vs Leadership

Are managers and leaders the same thing?

While many employees have the potential to learn the processes and tasks it takes to manage people and resources, it takes an entirely different set of skills to be an effective leader. Leaders focus on the bigger picture and, instead of wasting all of their time focusing on single [...]

Effective Leadership Requires Relationship

This is a great post from the Wall Street Journal’s Column “IN THE LEAD” by Carol Hymowitz. She points out that great managers have to be leaders, and that leadership only comes through relationship. She likens leadership to marriage:
“A wise friend of mine believes that the hardest part of marriage isn’t learning how to get [...]

Mike Krzyzewski on Creating High Performing Teams

As the USA men’s basketball team gets ready for the Bejing Olympics coach Krzyzewski is preparing the team to win the gold medal:

His key messages are unity and selflessness. Put the United States and the team ahead of individual egos. It is quite challenging having a group of all-stars in their positions actually win [...]

What’s Your Value Proposition?

With the economy facing historic challenges - such as the subprime crash in the mortgage industry, the pending massive workforce depletion predicted with the retirement of the Baby Boomers, rising inflation coupled with the devalued dollar, and no relief on the horizon - effective and successful leaders will be those who can develop and maintain [...]

Effective Leadership Starts with You

This is a great article by Jim Citrin, a Yahoo Finance expert and Senior Director of Spencer Stuart, one of the world’s preeminent executive search firms, discussing the difficulties people are facing making transitions in today’s unpredictable economy.
He gives some great advice about how to lead by example and create your own success through difficult [...]

New Research on Growing Executive Talent

Despite the importance of succession planning, new research is showing that a majority of corporations aren’t taking the time to establish comprehensive, long-term business continuity planning.
From the Taleo Research Blog:
“Development Dimensions International (DDI) with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) recently published Growing Global Executive Talent which points out that talent awareness is not enough. Immediate [...]

Effective Leadership in a Downturn

It takes extraordinary leadership to grow an extraordinary organization. How do your leaders compare to world-class leaders? Do your leaders have the necessary skills to take your company to the next level in this uncertain economy?
Bloomberg reports today that the economy has hit a new low:
“The U.S. lost jobs for a fifth month and [...]