There are some leaders who always want to win no matter what the consequences are to others. They are very competitive and do not take into consideration how their decisions may affect others. Then there are other leaders who only focus on the needs of others and may ignore their own goals completely. Ideally, a … Read more
Companies want increased sales and profitability; in essence they want to “move up.” However, there are times when a leader should deliberately keep the company in a maintenance mode or even retrench. There may be several reasons to do this but a savvy leader will know that to move a company forward, it may be … Read more
Leaders need to be objective but that is a difficult challenge when dealing with all the other demands and deadlines facing them daily. They may also be experiencing stress or even lack of sleep which affects their ability to think, and more importantly act objectively. The important thing for a leader to recognize is how … Read more
Now that the New Year is here, we have to acknowledge that there is and will continue to be a lot of uncertainty in 2023, both in our personal and professional lives. Dynamic leaders need to navigate this fluid environment and not only be resourceful but resilient if they want to succeed. To do this, … Read more
Needless to say, there are many duties that a leader has to manage which includes overseeing the staff’s activities. Priorities will shift as things come up but when one is leading an organization there may be too many urgencies and not enough time. Juggling starts to occur but is this the best use of a … Read more
A leader that is influential versus controlling and/or authoritative is much more effective. By influencing others to achieve an objective, a leader is empowering them which is much more productive and beneficial to an organization in the long run. Influencing others is not easy. So how to does one do it? In most cases, trying … Read more
Failing forward, or learning from what went wrong, is a critical component of having a successful career and being an effective leader. Becoming better from your mistakes, rather than spending all your time focusing on covering them up or defending them, is the key here. As a leader, one must strive to develop a growth … Read more
“Rolodex” may be a dated word but regardless if you use it or a contact database, it is important to use it correctly. How often do you comb through your contacts and reach out to people you haven’t spoken to in a while? Do you ever weed people out? Do you ever spend the time … Read more
We live in a world where people who make mistakes are usually frowned upon. However some of the greatest inventions were created because someone did something wrong. Considering computers can pretty much do anything for us, we tend to forget that we are not made of bits and bytes, but we have blood, bones, and … Read more
Our new blog series will be monthly and it will be tied into one of the national holidays. Be aware that these are not your typical holidays but ones, nevertheless, which are celebrated every year. As an example, today is National Ball Point Pen Day. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1943 and is considered … Read more