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8 Questions Self-Aware Leaders Should Be Asking Themselves
Increasing self-awareness should be at the forefront of your leadership development. Being aware of ones strengths, weaknesses, style, personality, preferences, etc., has a significant impact on how leaders behave and interact with others. So what questions should you be asking yourself to increase your self-awareness? 1. Do I understand the triggers and stressors in my…
Clearing the Path: How Leaders Set the Direction When Team Members Cannot
As a leader, you may have a very vivid understanding of your company’s priorities, needs, initiatives, and future work. Other employees, however, without the benefit of high-level insights and perspective, may have a harder time in seeing the direction to take. Leaders understand this paradox and do several things to combat it. There’s clear communication…
How Deceptive Messages Derail Strategy
Our company can withstand any competitors. Customers love our products just the way they are. The rules don’t apply to us. Organizations that are prone to these kinds of deceptive messages are more likely to be bitten by them. As market conditions, consumer preferences, and competitors change, so too must companies. But those that rely…
How to Become an Agile Thinker
Agile thinking is a critical skill that many leaders need to thrive in today’s fast-paced work world. Leaders can better address strategy execution with the ability to think and react quickly as issues arise, relationships develop, and problems surface. Learning how to become an agile thinker requires understanding your strengths and weaknesses. It helps inform…
What Does It Take To Create Capabilities-Focused Teams?
Capabilities has been a popular buzzword in 2018. Companies are seeking to identify and train employees that have specific, needed capabilities that can drive strategy execution. To be coherent, companies need to develop teams and strategies in tandem. Your staff development and leadership development programs will drive your strategy. At the same time, your business…
Coaching: It’s Not Just for Senior Management Anymore
About 3 million Americans quit their job each month (According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics). That number doesn’t even take into account the number of employees that are likely considering an exit, and would leave if even slightly nudged in that direction. With this extreme volume of turnover, there is clearly…
The Power of Questions
Inquiry is a powerful way for leaders to gain a deeper understanding of their businesses and their employees. By knowing how and why to ask the right questions, leaders can gain actionable insights that drive future growth, teamwork, and human capital. Asking the right questions is essential in many professions—journalism and medicine are two good…
Cultivate Leaders Who Are Focused on Solving Problems
If you’ve been in the workforce for a while, you’ve undoubtedly seen the person who spends a lot of time in meetings pointing out all the problems inherent in a business strategy, execution plan, personnel decision, or corporate direction. Pointing out the flaws is easy. However, your human capital development should focus on finding and…
For Transformational Leadership, Be Ready to Learn
Transformational leadership is a lofty concept, evoking images of inspirational leaders who can clearly define opportunities, carve a path forward, and lead others to better results that can dramatically change an organization, its employees and its outcomes. Transformational leadership often means providing visionary execution during times of uncertainty and doubt. Such leadership requires having the…
Why Does Passionate Leadership Matter?
What makes a great leader? Is it their work ethic, their confidence, their attitude, their passion? In a recent study, the Predictive Index surveyed 5,103 employees across 22 industries about their managers. The report, which can be downloaded in full here, sheds light on what makes a great manager (or a terrible boss). One of…
