Today’s Chief Learning Office states that inadequate leadership development is a threat to business growth.
According to Corporate University Xchange’s latest study, 97% of companies surveyed are concerned about their leadership strength and 73% believe they do not currently have the leadership capacity to support their companies growth initiatives!
Has your company got the leadership bench strength it needs to [...]
Archive for November, 2007
The New Competitive Advantage: Leadership Capacity
Posted in Leadership on November 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sales Success: The Right Way Around.
Posted in Communication on November 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For several years now (seven to be exact) I have been toying with an idea I call the right way around. Let me explain.
Many of us, in our desire to achieve something in business (or in life), drive straight towards our desired target, afraid that if we do not control every aspect of the [...]
Cultlure.
Posted in Leadership on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In a recent email to a colleague I misspelled culture “cultlure”. My colleague was kind enough to point out the mistake, adding that perhaps my slip of the keys was a subconscious act, and that I would do well to consider coining the word.
Cultlure: that exciting element which draws people to a company.
The interaction [...]
Free copy of Unleashed! e-book
Posted in Coaching on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you are a manager, executive, consultant, or entrepreneur, and you need to impact the performance of those around you, Unleashed! was written for you.
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Beyond the need to be right. Do what works.
Posted in Communication on November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever been so worked up about a work-related relationship that you were unable to sleep? Have you even found yourself spending time rehearsing your next response (aka retaliation), time you could have enjoyed, only to get angrier with each repetition?
Of course, most of us have. I can’t believe him (her, that team, department, [...]
How do you do business?
Posted in Leadership on November 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I just started a book I think is brilliant.
It is called How. Why how what we do means everything … in business (and in life) by Dov Seidman. In it, Dov asks this great question:
“In the past week or two, how many times have you opened an email and had one of the following reactions?
This [...]
The Leader as Coach: Expecting Greatness and Other Secrets of Coaching for Exceptional Performance
Posted in Coaching on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Management futurists are fond of predicting a “War for Talent.” They foresee a time in the near future when organizations will be battling for their very survival in the arena of top performers. I agree. Organizations will increasingly face debilitating shortages of talent; however, I also believe that this war can be fought and won [...]