Book excerpt from DECISIONS by Robert L. Dilenschneider, talks about talk about the decision Henry Ford made to save his company—a business decision that Fortune magazine said is the “greatest” of all time.
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Become a Leader. Become Yourself
Book Review of Become: The Five Commitments of Purposeful Leadership by Mark Hannum, reviewed by Rockie Blunt, EdD, President, Blunt Consulting Group
The Extraordinary Power of Ordinary Creativity
It is thrilling to listen to Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. How many people are capable of such creativity? But there is another kind of creativity of which we are all capable. It’s quite ordinary, in fact, even if its results can be extraordinary: they have sometimes changed the world. It’s all about one little switch.
Humility: The X-factor
Humility is the magic ingredient that shows your team and your colleagues that your motivations come from a good place. Read more in this book excerpt from The Punk Rock of Business Read more in this book excerpt from The Punk Rock of Business.
Want Your Employees to Trust You? Try These Four Strategies
There are few relationships inside of a business that are more essential to get right as the one between a supervisor and their employees. This relationship is one that can often make or break a department to the point where it can have an impact on the overall business.
3 Keys for Developing Leaders at Every Level
Effective leadership makes the right things happen. How do executives help their leaders succeed? This article offers three keys for developing leaders at every level.
Servant Leadership in Action
To me, servant leadership is the only way to guarantee great relationships and great results. Why? When you treat your people well—catch them doing things right, praise them when they are doing well, and redirect them when they get off track; when you empower them to bring their brains to work and make decisions—they will […]
Lessons for the Leader of the Pack
So here’s an idea: since you’re the top dog, it’s time to actually lead like a dog. Dogs naturally have many of the attributes that separate leaders from the rest of the pack: loyalty, perseverance, friendship, teamwork, honesty, bravery, ingenuity, playfulness, curiosity and an unflagging desire for more information.
Presence: More Powerful than the Right Words
There is a misconception that presence is the ability to command a room, to be the loudest voice. But presence comes from having the capacity to understand and feel what another person is experiencing by putting yourself into the other person’s frame of reference, and fully engaging in that moment, practicing mindful listening, and ignoring […]
3 Things to Never Do When Asking for Help
To build teams and foster collaboration, leaders need to hone a supplementary skill: Asking for help. In the present-day workplace, a leader is only as good as their network. But the basic skill of making a request is not enough: how you go about asking for help can make or break your business relationships and […]