Why do women get stuck in middle management roles more than men?
We are honored to be presenting at two upcoming events on the topic of “extraordinary female leadership”. In the process of preparing for this workshops, we…
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Going For The Gold: Team Building For Leaders
As we head into week two of the Olympic Games, I am struck by the stories of just what it takes for these amazing athletes to compete in their different fields. Day in,…
How Bad Leadership Destroys a Company’s Credibility
One bad apple really can destroy the whole applecart. While our firm has the luxury of working with some really terrific companies around helping develop their leaders…
10 Essential Qualities of Business Leaders Who Inspire
Our work with thousands of leaders inside corporations highlights the need for a higher level of leadership. Too often, we find most leaders today struggling with their…
Coaching the Coachable
According to AMA/Institute for Productivity’s Survey, 52% of North American Companies are using coaching for their executives. And, Sherpa’s 2012 Annual…
Essential Skills of Leadership: Offer Stability and Hope
Gallup’s recent research about what followers want from their leaders; trust, compassion, stability and hope show us that people do their best work when leaders…
Leading High Functioning Teams With Compassion
Our last blog focused on Gallup’s research on what followers look for in their leaders. When Gallup polled 10,000 followers and asked them what they most wanted in…
Want to be a better team leader? Become more trustworthy.
Or at least try asking your people what they want from you. Gallup did just that when Tom Rath and Barry Conchie, coauthors of Strengths Based Leadership:…
How Great Leaders Inspire Us to Trust Them
”The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I.” And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say…
The Best Boss I Ever Had
Heroes make lasting impressions, and my hero, my old boss, Allan Zwerner has done just that. His lessons will last a lifetime and his humorous mannerisms…
How do I build an effective team in the workplace?
In our work with teams, it seems more art than science when it comes to understanding what makes a team really effective. Indeed, it is not the smartest teams, or…
Skills for Leaders: Leverage your Leadership Style
Ken Blanchard, the prolific author and creator of Situational Leadership, theorized that there are 4 styles a manager can deploy when he engages with this…