| By Kevin Daum, www.inc.com | Some of the most difficult people to lead are leaders themselves. Leaders are strong-willed, passionate, and opinionated, and many do not take direction well. But the best businesses are filled with leaders at every level, nurturing an environment of ownership and success. YPO member Tamer Nassar heads a business that has witnessed the heavy responsibilities […]
5 Reasons Why Sporting A Staff Of Athletes As A Game-Winning Strategy
| By Ryan Westwood, www.forbes.com | As we reflect on the recent 2018 Olympic Winter Games, it hard not to recognize the inspiring achievements of the world’s elite athletes. The courage, focus, personal drive, and a razor-sharp vision of victory is the foundation of any success story. As a guy who likes to stay fit, I appreciate […]
Management Is 10% Work And 90% People
| By Victor Lipman, www.forbes.com | Or is it? That’s an interesting way to put it. The headline above was on my mind because of a note from a former colleague I received yesterday on LinkedIn. I’d recently written an article examining the role of empathy in management – How Important Is Empathy To Successful Management? – and he […]
How Work-Life Integration Can Help You Have It All
| By Dorcas Cheng-tozun, www.inc.com | It’s been about forty years since the term work-life balance was first used. Since then, it has been used broadly to refer to everything from the need for more leisure or family time to self-care. Critics of the term say that it creates an artificial separation between work and life, as if work were not a part of […]
Create a Growth Culture, Not a Performance-Obsessed One
| By Tony Schwartz, hbr.org | Here’s the dilemma: In a competitive, complex, and volatile business environment, companies need more from their employees than ever. But the same forces rocking businesses are also overwhelming employees, driving up their fear, and compromising their capacity. It’s no wonder that so many C-Suite leaders are focused on how to build […]
How Too Many Rules at Work Keep Us From Getting Things Done
TEDTalks Modern work — from waiting tables to crunching numbers to designing products — is about solving brand-new problems every day, flexibly and collaboratively. But as Yves Morieux shows in this insightful talk, too often, an overload of rules, processes and metrics keeps us from doing our best work together. Meet the new frontier of […]
15 Attributes of Great Managers
| By Madeleine Homan Blanchard, leaderchat.org | Last spring my son was working as an intern at our company. One day he came into my office and asked, “What is the one book on leadership I should read?” My mind raced. There are just so darn many. Of course, I am a fan of Leading at A Higher […]
5 Things Productive Leaders Do Differently to Achieve Results
| By Gordon Tredgold, www.inc.com | There have been many days where we wake up planning to have a very productive day. We start our day thinking of all the work that will get done on our to-do lists, only to find ourselves distracted and unproductive. It doesn’t matter how great our intentions are, something always comes up derailing our “fool-proof” plans, ruining any […]