Team Coordination is Key in Business Today’s link is to an article written by Dan and Chip Heath (co-authors of Switch), published in the July 1 edition of Fast Company. They remind us why we tend to neglect coordination between our teams and offer some suggestions on how to improve. Click HERE to read the article and [...]
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Newslink: Leadership
June 24, 2010Newslink: Leadership
June 16, 2010It Pays to Say You’re Sorry Today’s newslink is to an article about an important topic in leadership; humility. With comments from one of my favorite authors, Patrick Lencioni, CIO.com helps us see that “owning up to your mistakes can improve your business relationships and yield results.” Click HERE to read the article written by Stephanie [...]
Newslink: Leadership
June 9, 2010Good People Make Good Leaders Today’s link is to the June edition of Entrepreneur and another great leadership article written by Ray Silverstein. He reminds us that many of the same qualities that make people good human beings, can also make them good leaders; “Sometimes, the simple things are the most effective.” Click HERE to read [...]
Newslink: Leadership
June 4, 2010For The Chief of Saks, It’s Culture That Drives Results Today’s link is to a New York Times interview with Stephen I. Sadove, Chairman and Chief Executive of Saks, Inc. His views on leadership, culture and their impact on the workplace is a great read. Click HERE for the full interview by Adam Bryant, published May [...]
Newslink: Leadership
May 5, 2010How to Communicate With Employees Effective communication is critical to effective leadership and a successful business. Today’s newslink presents the secrets, and the benefits of, effective communication. Click HERE to read the article, published May 1, 2010 in INC.com magazine. Added bonus: INC.com maintains an excellent resource library to help readers improve communication skills. HERE is the link. [...]
Newslink: Leadership
April 19, 2010The Five Key Mistakes You’re Making With Top Talent One result of today’s economic conditions is that high potential employees are staying at companies a little longer than in the recent past. This lack of transience gives employers a great opportunity to develop these future leaders. However, many are missing the mark. Today’s newslink feature provides a summary of [...]
Newslink: Leadership
April 15, 2010The Toxic Effect of a Narcissistic Leader A narcissist is someone with an inordinate fascination with himself, thinks she is the center of the universe, and is generally vain and self-centered. If this sounds like someone you work with or work for, then you know what a negative effect that type of personality can have [...]
“Sucks” – questionable, taboo, or OK?
April 13, 2010Profanity is the common crutch of the conversational cripple. -David Keuck I don’t recall who said it, but I remember reading not too long ago that someone who uses profanity is really demonstrating an ignorance of the English language. There are many alternate ways to express the emotion, anger, frustration, surprise, or shock that is [...]
Boys & Books
April 6, 2010The March 27 NY Times Op-Ed page carried an article that somewhat surprised me. For many years, we’ve heard about girls lagging behind boys in science and math. However, did you know that boys are now lagging behind girls in reading? I was a lucky Mom for many reasons, but one of them is that both [...]
Help Soldiers Read to Their Children
March 24, 2010I am an unabashed book-lover. This photo is my leadership library; nearly 300 volumes strong. My enjoyment of reading is not a recent phenomonon, though. Even as a child, I was a voracious reader. When we found out I was pregnant with our first child back in 1979, my husband and I started buying “Little Golden [...]
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