| By Young Entrepreneur Council, www.inc.com | By Arthur Menard, CEO of SPARTAN. As January has come to an end, many of us start winding down on our resolution of getting in shape or losing 20 pounds. We start skipping a few gym sessions, eat less salad and more carbs and bury our dream of starting a new […]
The #1 Reason Leadership Development Fails
| By Mike Myatt, www.forbes.com | Over the years, I’ve observed just about every type of leadershipdevelopment program on the planet. And the sad thing is, most of them don’t even come close to accomplishing what they were designed to do – build better leaders. In today’s column I’ll share the #1 reason leadership development programs fail, and […]
Albom: NCAA Should Enact Olympic Model
| By Mitch Albom, www.mcall.com | As we grapple with the evils of money and college sports, we might want to remember Jodie Foster. The actress, who enrolled at Yale Universitywhen she was 17, had already been nominated for an Oscar, been paid for many Disney movies, and even hosted “Saturday Night Live.” At Yale, she studied drama, and […]
10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation
| TEDTalks | When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations — and that most of us don’t converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity […]
How Mindful Leaders Develop Better Companies and Happier Employees
| By Marissa Levin, www.inc.com | A recent study revealed that when leaders are stressed, their anxiety can be felt across the entire organization, often to the point where good employees will walk away from a job to save their own health. Only 7 percent of employees surveyed believe that their stressed leaders effectively lead their teams, and only […]
How to Respond vs. React
| By Lee Colan, www.inc.com | As a leader, your team looks to you to set the rules. They turn to you for advice — for your thoughts on how to behave. Which is why the way you communicate is so important. If you aren’t clear on your goals, your intentions or values, you run the risk […]
Research Says There Are 4 Personality Types. Knowing Yours Is the Key to Success
| Inc.com | I crave blocks of unscheduled time, but I inevitably waste them when I get them. Without a deadline or a clear task, I squander this time with more list-making, planning, researching, and then sort of mindlessly “liking” pictures on Facebook and Instagram. By contrast, the days and weeks I feel (and actually am) more productive are […]
Master the Team Meeting
| By Julia Austin, hbswk.hbs.edu | No matter how much we hate going to meetings, there’s a generally accepted best practice that teams should meet with their managers on a regular cadence. More often than not, unfortunately, I hear leaders and their staffs dreading these get-togethers. Shouldn’t these meetings be looked forward to? That we felt they […]