Brian Solis has written an exceptional book entitled, “The End of Business as Usual,” in which he raises several critical points about how business leaders will need to evolve and adapt their mindset and approach to meet the evolving needs of consumers. Steve Woodruff and I were so intrigued by these insights that we asked […]
So many leaders lead without truly understanding their own philosophy on the art of leadership. Would you say this applies to you? If so, you will want to be sure to join me and Steve Woodruff for this week’s Leadership Chat as we welcome Mike Figliuolo, Founder and Managing Director of thoughtLeaders LLC and author […]
A few weeks ago I began offering my readers the opportunity to sign up for my new eNewsletter. I set up the process in such a way that when readers subscribe they receive a “thank you” email from me along with a question about what their biggest leadership challenge is. The responses have been eye-opening and […]
Steve Woodruff and I launched Leadership Chat on Twitter a year ago this week, on Tuesday the 12th of October. Thinking back as we celebrate our one-year anniversary, we didn’t really know what we were getting ourselves into but we believed in the Leadership Chat vision, partly described as: Leadership Chat is a place where […]
Leadership Chat is coming up on its one-year anniversary, and in this time Steve Woodruff and I have yet to tackle the topic of Leading Virtual Teams. Well, we’re rectifying this tomorrow night as we host a very special guest: MarketingProfs Chief Content Officer and Co-Author of “Content Rules,” Ann Handley. That’s Ann on the far left […]
In Leadership Chat this week we focused on a variety of challenges that leaders face when it comes to promoting individuals on their teams. I asked the following question, Realistic or not to think leaders will work to help entire team be highly successful in each indiv role & be promotable? #LeadershipChat and was surprised the […]
Last week on Leadership Chat we focused on how we, as leaders, can affect a move from Work Family Conflict to Work Life Balance. This week we shift our focus to the micro level and ask the question, “Do great leaders support work-life balance and, if so, how do they do it successfully?” I believe […]
At last week’s Leadership Chat we focused on the art of praise in leadership development. We talked about how praise has the ability to transform our perspective on our company, our role, our team and even the mission we take on as leaders. This week, Steve Woodruff and I would like to switch gears and […]
We’ve all experienced the power of praise in our careers. It has the ability to transform our perspective on our company, our role, our team and even our leadership mission. In my own experience, praise well-delivered has helped assure me I am on the right path in a variety of important ways. It has empowered […]
“The basic and seemingly paradoxical truth of GTY (Greater Than Yourself) is that truly great leaders in life,” said Charles Roland, “become so because they cause others to be greater than themselves.” The words sounded familiar. “Who said that?” I asked Charles. “Well, unless you’re a ventriloquist, I did,” he said mischievously. Thus begins chapter […]