While leveraging a strengths-based approach to leadership development is currently ‘in vogue’, minimizing or avoiding pivotal weaknesses is very risky. Leaders can gain big advantages by improving on their ‘soft spots’. … Read more »
If you’re an experienced leader, the most common temptation is to directly overlay your expertise into a new context. To be truly effective, however, you need to suspend your assumptions about how best to apply that same expertise in new situations and ask a few key questions before diving in.… Read more »
Each of us have unique abilities or competencies that tap into who we are and what we’re particularly good at – our ‘secret sauces’. As leader, it’s critical to leverage your unique ‘secret sauce’ to realize real success for yourself, your team and your organization. … Read more »
Ensuring accountability needs to be a key focus of all leaders – particularly those in higher profile roles. Whether staff or board member, the consequences of weak accountability can be significant – from diminished reputation and constraints on career progression to actual job security or board tenure. … Read more »
Thinking about a strategy refresh for your organization? Set the table with these six key steps to strengthen alignment and improve outcomes in terms of commitment and execution. … Read more »
Research shows that leaders who consistently demonstrate humility listen better, inspire more effective teamwork and realize greater organizational performance. Implementing these 6 suggestions will help strengthen your leadership humility.… Read more »
As a leader, ensuring your actions match your stated commitments is crucial to building trust and inspiring the best in others. In real life, however, you may take action that appears to run counter to what you’ve championed. There are some key steps you can take to avoid or minimize these kinds of ‘quicksand’ scenarios.… Read more »
Events that go ‘sideways’ are often the source of real learnings. You’ll garner greater interest & create more impactful learning when you share stories with your team about how things have gone sideways in your own world of work. … Read more »
Often, getting a group of people aligned and moving forward in the same direction can be very challenging, if not downright impossible. If you’re seeking better alignment for your group or team, here are some time-proven suggestions for getting on the same page.… Read more »
Many leaders are unwilling to hear honest feedback without becoming defensive, but it’s more important than ever in today’s rapidly changing marketplace that people speak up and leaders listen to ensure sustainable success.… Read more »
One of the most consistent themes in performance feedback for senior leaders relates to their personal influence and impact on organizational culture. Whether it’s to strengthen, modify or even transform… Read more »
Far too often, businesses will invest significant time and effort into creating and implementing an innovative strategy, only to see it flounder from the lack of effective leadership. Here are some key behaviours that can be leveraged for success…… Read more »
Most of us can provide examples of top-level performers in sports, politics and performance arts who have stayed on past their prime, much to the detriment of their reputation – and their team. The same applies to organizational leaders: there is an opportune time to leave. Five key questions can assist in this reflection and decision-making…… Read more »
Every board clearly wants its CEO to succeed, and one of the best ways to do that is to provide meaningful feedback. Designing your CEO feedback process to be credible, transparent and effective requires these 7 several foundational items…… Read more »
More than ever, uniting your organization around a common vision is critical to successful change in today’s rapidly changing workplace. These seven key attributes will turn your company’s vision into engaging narrative.… Read more »
Developing leadership talent is crucial to success in today’s challenging business environment. Defining leadership expectations and requirements can be challenging but there are ways to ensure simplicity, flexibility and relevance amidst constant market and technological changes. … Read more »
Complacency stalks your team and organization, particularly when times are good. But it’s a dangerous belief – it’s also one that the market, your clients and other competitors will be sure to demolish. To keep your edge, and avoid unintended complacency, here are some key actions that you can take.… Read more »
With the magnitude of resources available to nurture and develop leadership talent, the big question is why meaningful individual and team progress often feels so elusive. Last week, I circled… Read more »
With so many organizations undergoing change these days, it’s not surprising that leaders are pulling out all the stops to ensure that they’re successfully adapting and thriving in today’s marketplace.… Read more »
Getting team members inspired, aligned and on board for the journey ahead is a key priority for most leaders. Here are some suggestions to keep your team engaged and on track…… Read more »
You’ve seen it happen again and again, companies needing to change direction to respond to the changing world around them. And along with an updated or new business model comes… Read more »
In the workplace, feedback is one of the most valuable performance improvement tools for leaders and their teams, yet it can often be a source of anxiety or even animosity. Fortunately, the secrets to constructive feedback can be applied with a bit of focused learning.… Read more »
Far too often, senior leaders are isolated from meaningful feedback that can help them make the changes needed to be even more effective. Here’s how to overcome this feedback hurdle.… Read more »
Some degree of deference in organizations is both necessary and healthy. However, too much can lead to resentment, frustration, lower engagement and poor decisions. … Read more »
Before you begin setting goals for the year ahead, it’s important to have a clear vision of the end result and what ‘success’ really means.… Read more »
