| By Gerard Adams | www.inc.com | Early on in my entrepreneurial career, every one of my mentors highlighted the importance of building culture the right way. From early in my career building Elite Daily to now building Fownders, this has rang true through everything I do as a visionary and leader. Culture is critical to your […]
The Paradox of Conflict
| www.psychologytoday.com | Dateline: 2009. The man I take to be Dominic Barter walks to the front of the large room. He is thin, with dark hair that somehow manages to look both uncombed and tidy. Despite the clearly-evident stubble and graying hair, he looks remarkably youthful, but as he begins to speak, it becomes immediately clear […]
Follow Microsoft’s CEO’s 3 Rules For Extraordinary Success
| By Terence Mauri | www.inc.com | Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is one of the most transformative leaderson the planet. He understands that success doesn’t happen overnight. Rather, you must think long-term, plant seeds for the future and start reinventing today while building tomorrow. This means rethinking everything in your business from culture and operations to strategy and talent. Here are Nadella’s three winning […]
Core Values: The Best Kept Secret of True High Performance
By Jason Selk | www.inc.com | High performers draw on more than savvy and skills. They draw on their core values to make the right decisions. Along with all the meteoric rises in success we hear about in the news, there are other leaders falling fast. A key reason is the missing ingredient in truly effective leadership: […]
How to Excel at Both Strategy and Execution
By Paul Leinwand, Joachim Rotering | hbr.org | For decades, we’ve often thought of leadership profiles in unique buckets—two popular varieties were the “visionaries”, who embrace strategy and think about amazing things to do, and the “operators”, who get stuff done. We intuitively knew that there must be leaders that span these areas, but in fact, few do. […]
The Leader as Coach – 3 Common Traps to Avoid
By Joanne Maynard | leaderchat.org | A leader’s ability to coach effectively can really foster the development of the people they lead. But like any leadership style, using a coaching style incorrectly has its drawbacks—especially if you are new to it. Here are a few of the common mistakes. The leader does the heavy lifting. To be […]
Leading Effectively When You Inherit a Mess
By Ron Carucci | hbr.org | An executive I work with recently stepped into the biggest challenge of her career. Recruited from outside the organization, she faced multiple problems: The business was losing money, costs were bloated, customer loyalty was fading, and key talent was defecting. Her predecessor had made a failed attempt at reorganizing before leaving […]
5 Ways to Keep Score and Boost Accountability
By Lee Colan | www.inc.com | Have you ever noticed the intensity difference when you play a game for fun compared to “playing for keeps”? Our family and friends frequently play Ping-pong in our game room. It’s a fun and easy game for all ages. We can see the Ping-pong table from our kitchen. When the players are just […]