The Point: In our fast-paced, constantly connected world, it's easy to forget the power of listening. We often find ourselves multitasking, distracted, or interrupting others as they speak. But the truth is that listening is an essential aspect of communication and an important skill to develop.
How to Hold Your People Accountable?
Setting up a system of status updates is a powerful way to hold staff accountable. Whether it's an automated, automatic or asynchronous system, making it easy for team members to know when things are due will ensure that they follow through. This process should be simple enough for all team members
Essential Skills for the Post-Pandemic Leader
As a leader, some skills are more essential than others. But which skills? Sam Palazzolo, our Principal Officer at The Javelin Institute and Ashley Allen Seeley, Ph.D. recently took a deep dive to exam essential skills for the post-pandemic leader, broken down across three areas: 1 - Soft skills; 2
The Artificial Intelligence Leader?
There's a lot of talk about Artificial Intelligence today. Some good, but mostly spelling disaster for the future workforce members. But what about Artificial Intelligence (AI) when it comes to leadership... Can there be ? Can we look forward to a future of AI enabled leaders that actually lead the
The Art of the Executive Briefing
There are many external circumstances that can affect your executive briefing to senior leaders. While you may have compiled the best statistics, computations, and relevant facts for an Executive Briefing, this “science” part of an Executive Briefing could very well be undermined if you don’t pay
Quiet Leader vs Silent Leader
One of the most common leadership conflicts that arises is the quiet leader versus the silent leader. A quiet leader has more than enough motivation, experience and desire to lead while a silent leader only has the motivation and desire. This often leads to an inferiority complex, lack of clarity on
Showing Leadership Appreciation is Not Enough – Employees Must Know They Are Appreciated
How important is showing leadership appreciation? In our experience... priceless! Showing leadership appreciation is crucial in having employees know that they are appreciated. But how do you show leadership appreciation for employees? In this post, we'll discuss the "art" of leadership
COVID-19 Leadership: Are You a Success or Failure? 3 Action Areas!
The Point: Grade yourself on your COVID-19 Leadership – Are you a success or a failure? You work your entire career to build your leadership brand. Day after day, week after week, and year after year you put forth a valiant effort (or, what we’d like call your “Blood, Sweat, and Spears!”) However,
Is Happiness a Requirement for Success?
Are you happy? Ask yourself right here/right now are you truly happy? It seems the world right now is not a very happy place. With a health pandemic raging on, long overdue protests taking place, and a world economy on the verge of collapsing the news headlines don’t share a lot to be happy about.