Change is the only constant and leaders must rise to the challenge consistently. Agility in such an environment and the ability to pivot and change tactics to ensure positive outcomes is essential in our ever-changing market environments.
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It’s pretty much a given—whether investing in your health through a regular exercise program, in your future through intelligent money management, or in your children’s future by helping them get the best education possible—investing is prudent. As a leader, investing in your employees is key. Admittedly, this is not a new concept, but as John
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In a recent Harvard Business Review article titled “How Experts Gain Influence,” a group of financial thought leaders explain how to bolster your influence within an organization through four key competencies: the ability to be a trail blazer, team worker, translator, and toolmaker. Since the art of persuasion is a critical factor in the success
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We all make a series of decisions every day, some of passing importance—‘Should I really order an extra shot of espresso in this morning’s latte?’—and others of much greater significance: ‘Do I go for my MBA right after graduating or get a few years’ of work experience under my belt first?’ Those in leadership positions
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Run a simple Google search on the traits of a successful leader and a plethora of resources quickly fills the page—the ‘Top 10 Qualities That Make a Great Leader,’ the five essential traits that a smart leader embraces, the titles that every savvy leader must read—there is no shortage of advice. But as a recent
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Achieving gender equity in the corporate sphere—it’s hardly a new goal. Yet in many regards, it has proved to be stubbornly unattainable. A 2012 Catalyst report released earlier this year revealed that between 2009 and 2012, the percentage of women executive officers in the Fortune 500 essentially remained stagnant. In recent remarks at the Prism
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Let’s face it, people love lists. A quick scan of the current literature reveals a constellation of topics served up in easily digestible segments. Harvard Business Review’s blog offers guidance on cultivating a healthy corporate culture in just six steps. CEO.com serves up eight techniques you can employ when innovation seems impossible. And columnist Jeff
There’s something of a debate raging in the management world these days, sparked in large part by the publication of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s new bestseller, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. In this book, Sandberg takes a hard look at why women remain underrepresented in leadership roles and offers advice on
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We all know the old saw, ‘It’s better to give than to receive,” or as Mark Twain famously quipped, “It is better to give than receive- especially advice.” This charitable stance may be laudable in our private lives, but does it have a role in the workplace? Absolutely, asserts Adam Grant, professor of organizational psychology
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Reading through contemporary leadership materials, one can easily begin to feel as though the key to success as a leader is little more than a numbers game. The literature is rife with examples of the “One leadership quality you can’t be without” or the “ten communication secrets that great leaders possess.” Yet anyone who has
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