Category Archives: Leadership Lessons

Strategy, Execution And the Role of Leadership

Craig Padoa — November 14, 2017 Follow @CraigPadoa — November 14, 2017 Free-Photos / Pixabay If you don’t yet subscribe to strategy+business by global management consulting firm Booz & Company, you are missing out on some impressive management and thought leadership pieces. Two articles that recently caught my attention are: The Thought Leader Interview: Cynthia … Continue reading Strategy, Execution And the Role of Leadership

Challenging Conversations: When Promising New Leaders Need Guidance

Diane Craig — November 8, 2017 Follow @CorporateClass — November 8, 2017   Shutterstock Summer 2017 Meet Karl, HR Director of Professional Development, and his firm’s fast-track program for high-potential team leaders. He seems to have a “sixth sense” about when these promising new leaders could use some guidance. Karl heard rumblings about Trevor, a … Continue reading Challenging Conversations: When Promising New Leaders Need Guidance

The Top 4 Characteristics to Look for in Strategic Leaders

Darleen DeRosa — October 17, 2017 Follow @onpoint_llc — October 17, 2017 Ensuring that management and other leadership positions are staffed with people who possess strategic leadership qualities can help teams produce better results more consistently. However, finding the right people to fill those leadership roles at all levels of your organization can prove challenging. … Continue reading The Top 4 Characteristics to Look for in Strategic Leaders

7 Leadership Challenges You Can Effectively Overcome

Personal Branding Blog — October 11, 2017 — October 11, 2017 ar130405 / Pixabay Successful businesses often have leaders who excel at developing skills, guiding employees and being a consistent voice of reason. Leadership entails ample responsibility, with a variety of common challenges associated with the leadership role. Fortunately, leaders can respond to many of … Continue reading 7 Leadership Challenges You Can Effectively Overcome

DNA of a strategic marketing operations leader: 3 seismic shifts, Part 2

In Part 2 of a series, contributor Debbie Qaqish takes a look at the evolving role today’s successful marketing operations leader plays within an organization. Debbie Qaqish on October 6, 2017 Marketing operations (MO) as a dedicated, funded and strategic capability has exploded across B2B marketing organizations. Driven by traditional marketing’s poor response to changes … Continue reading DNA of a strategic marketing operations leader: 3 seismic shifts, Part 2

Rise of the strategic marketing operations leader: Part 1

Contributor Debbie Qaqish believes marketing operations leaders are becoming the new power players in marketing and gives examples of how they’re driving change in their organizations. Debbie Qaqish on September 22, 2017   A funny thing is happening to marketing operations leaders. Suddenly, they are showing up in executive meetings, in board rooms and acting … Continue reading Rise of the strategic marketing operations leader: Part 1

How to Measure the ROI of Leadership Development

Darleen DeRosa — September 12, 2017 Follow @onpoint_llc — September 12, 2017 danymena88 / Pixabay Most companies understand the benefits of leadership training and development programs. In fact, in a recent survey of more than 500 executives, 27 percent of those who said their company was “currently winning in the market” attributed that success to … Continue reading How to Measure the ROI of Leadership Development