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Leadership accountability — a positive, simple approach
Accountability in leadership is not a new mindset, as many books and schools over the years have presented. From J. Paul Getty to Rudy...
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Does your toxic workplace need a referee?
4 questions to ask yourself about your organization's workplace environment
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How to conquer the 7 summits of sales
This post is an adapted excerpt from “Conquering the Seven Summits of Sales” by Susan Ershler and John Waechter (HarperBusiness, October 2014). Get the...
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How senior leaders can connect with front-line workers
When I worked at Marriott, stories of Bill Marriott visiting hotels during his travels became legendary. He wouldn’t just check in for a night...
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Leadership tough love: Never judge or budge
Is there ever a time when a senior leader can hedge a bit on a core company value? What if he or she is...
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Holding others accountable
When I was young and new to a corporate position, my manager, Karen, gave me an assignment that involved translating a confusing government regulation...
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Engaging your moxie
I’m a big fan of old movies, and I especially like the dramas that focus on men and women who beat the odds. We...
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6 employee warning signs — and what to do about them
SmartBrief is talking directly with small and medium-sized businesses to discover their journeys, challenges and lessons. Today’s post is from Matt Straz, the founder...
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Evaluating a cloud-based hiring platform: 6 keys
This post is sponsored by SmartRecruiters. Finding the right candidates for your organization is no small feat, especially in today’s saturated job market. To...
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Moxie: Getting your X-factor right
Leaders are always judged by others. The higher their profile the bigger the stage, and their words and their actions are magnified by the...
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5 ways to make meetings work for you and your team
Do your people love your meetings? Hint: if you’re not sure, the answer is “no.” You’ll know people love a meeting when they say...
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Subtle sabotage: The invisible impediment to change
Change is a deeply human phenomenon, activating deeply human responses that don’t always help to advance organizational goals relative to change. But given today’s...
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6 steps to ruining a well-functioning team
Much has been written about leadership and “turnaround” situations. Loads of tips are out there for becoming a superhero executive , a heroic doctor...
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Thinking of hiring an executive coach? Consider this
Fortune 500 organizations and technology startups are among companies starting to understand the benefits executive coaches can bring to the table. As a result,...
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How to involve yourself in change
Major change initiatives may bubble up from the ranks, but their success depends upon the advocacy of those at the top. Winning those folks...
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7 tips for developing a leadership mindset
Feeling like everyone but you is being promoted? Wondering why your team has lost its spark? Questioning how few people at work are interested...
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Criticism means that you matter
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston S. Churchill One of the hardest things...
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The gift of time
The holiday season is often spent frenetically buying gifts, attending or hosting parties, and celebrating the end of one calendar year and the start...
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Got office sharks? Here’s how to outswim them
You know the scenario: You’re presenting an important proposal to your company’s executive team when you realize the theme from “Jaws” is buzzing in...
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How can leaders help defuse an employee outburst or stressed-out reaction?
The Young Entrepreneur Council is an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. YEC recently launched StartupCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that...
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ZoomInfo CEO: Long-distance leadership brings surprising insights
Five years ago, for quality-of-life and cultural reasons, I returned with my wife and our three daughters to my native Israel while still continuing...
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2 things organizations must do to win the war for talent
Is your organization a great place to work? To know for sure, you’d need information like the percentage of employees that are highly engaged...
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The genuine faker
Imagine having your team go from five people to 80 in an instant. That’s what happened to Mike Calihan, a senior executive with Aldridge...
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The Cs of change
The ability to see a bold future, build a compelling vision and define a strategy to achieve it is core to leadership. Making that...
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Engagement plan not working? Here are 5 ways to fix it
An employee-engagement plan isn’t something you can create once and follow, to the letter, forever. As business goals and employee demographics change, engagement initiatives...
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4 questions all leaders should ask before using a personality assessment with their team
Amy*, a senior vice president in charge of marketing, comes to me with a request: She wants to provide professional development to her staff...
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How to help remote teams feel more engaged and happy
The Young Entrepreneur Council is an invite-only organization composed of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC launched BusinessCollective, a free virtual mentorship...
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“Becoming yourself” is crucial to being a leader
“Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It’s precisely that simple, and it’s also that difficult.” ~ Warren Bennis Notably, “becoming” yourself isn’t...
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The supervisory squeeze
Being a front-line supervisor can be the most gratifying and exciting of roles that anyone will ever experience. It can also be the most...
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How can I overcome my tendency to micromanage?
The Young Entrepreneur Council is an invite-only organization composed of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC launched BusinessCollective, a free virtual mentorship...
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How to reduce the sugar rush of organizational life
It’s a familiar lament at work: We can’t get anything done because we’re all so busy interacting. Open-office plans, project teams and the incessant...
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Conflict over strategy
Executives often have deep differences of opinion over the best strategy for the company. These conflicts cripple a business as multiple strategies are being...
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This is why all your great employees leave
It’s time to face facts: As business leaders, we’re failing our employees. A 2015 LinkedIn survey revealed that the No. 1 reason employees leave...
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How do you include all employees in setting companywide goals?
The Young Entrepreneur Council is an invite-only organization composed of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC launched BusinessCollective, a free virtual mentorship...
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What leadership shadow do you cast?
This post was excerpted from the Heidrick & Struggles report “The transformation mandate: Leadership imperatives for a hyperconnected world.” View the full report. This...
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What’s that sound? Is it talent heading out the door?
Quits are up among employees, and it's not a recession. That means that talent attraction and retention must be of primary importance for leaders and their businesses.
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The strength of situational leadership
Most org charts propagate the myth of the lone leader. They are typically drawn as a pyramid culminating in a singular person at the...
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The most important quality of a successful leader
I often talk to executives about what keeps them up at night. I hear tales of specific struggles, continuous challenges, and perplexing priorities. Time...
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Make “in-the-moment” feedback part of your management routine
People dread performance appraisal time; rehashing a laundry list of missteps and shortcomings from the year is hardly a good time in anyone’s books....
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How can entrepreneurs best break up with a business partner?
The Young Entrepreneur Council is an invite-only organization composed of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC launched BusinessCollective, a free virtual mentorship...
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Why emotional intelligence matters
“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.” ~Dale Carnegie Chip Kelly caught the NFL...