| By Bryan Collins, www.forbes.com | Author. Printer. Politician. Scientist. Postmaster. Founding father. As one of the leading thinkers and public figures of the eighteenth century, Benjamin Franklin knew a thing or two about getting things done—and playing the whistle (more on that later). He demonstrated a tremendous stability to balance competing projects, interests and jobs. So […]
Forgiveness As A Key Leadership Attribute
| By Manpreet Dhillon, www.forbes.com | Leadership requires a great deal of compassion. When you’re in a leadership role, you’re forced to look at others in a critical light, especially when you’re managing groups of people. You’re evaluating other people’s performance, contributions to team efforts, etc. When managers and leaders are working with team members, it’s important […]
How To Lead Differently
| Sally Percy, Forbes.com | We live in times that are different from all those that have gone before us. So it’s hardly surprising that these times require a different kind of leader. This kind of leader is agile, collaborative, inclusive and mentally tough. This kind of leader understands the need for continuous improvement, at both […]
How To Hire For Cultural Fit (& Not Just A Gut Feeling)
| By William Vanderbloemen, www.forbes.com | My friend Jim may be the single worst person at firing staff that I have ever met. Jim is fairly difficult to work for. He makes quirky decisions on the fly, changes his mind frequently, and changes people’s job descriptions without notice. Believe it or not, his turnover is pretty high. […]
5 Ways To Be A Conscious Leader
| www.forbes.com | Conscious leaders speak with integrity, lead with authenticity and hold themselves accountable. They listen with the intent to understand and not just to respond, and they do it by being in tune with themselves and the world around them. As Jim Dethmer explains in his book, The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership, unconscious leaders […]
Culture Change: It Starts At The Top
| By Report Corrections, www.forbes.com | I was working with a major industrial good company a couple of years ago whose CEO decided the company needed to become more customer-focused. This, he told me, had become his top priority. But despite letting the company’s employees know that ‘Customers Are #1,’ he wasn’t seeing evidence of that. He […]
Six Ways To Stay Organized When Life Seems To Skid Out Of Control
| By Kitty Boitnott, www.forbes.com | Some people seem to be more naturally organized than others. My mother was the queen of organization. Her motto was always, “a place for everything and everything in its place.” If we dared walk away from a piece of paper for more than five minutes, it disappeared. She was notorious for putting everything […]
Six Steps To Becoming A Master Of Critical Thinking
| By Jay Steven Levin, www.forbes.com | Critical thinking stars are balanced thinkers. They practice moderation to insure against the perils of overthinking or underthinking. They are devotees of appropriateness and walk a path of situational awareness. Real critical thinkers are disciplined in their craft of issue resolution. They honor work rigor and those routines and habits […]