Make An Impact: Taking It To The Next Level by Lisa Singer , Staff Writer, June 24, 2022 Behind the Scenes with Lauren O’Brien Cloudastructure’s Lauren O’Brien talks knowing when to move on, being impactful with one’s time, and why she believes the world is magical. I’ve had the opportunity to connect with and learn … Continue reading Make An Impact: Taking It To The Next Level
By Kathryn Finney June 08, 2022 How do you find “good” people? First, be a good leader. In order to build and lead a great team, you have to be the kind of person that people want to build with. What does that look like? It looks like centering your humanity (yep, those … Continue reading Being a good leader means nothing without investing in yourself. Here’s how
By Dileepan Siva—Minutes May 27, 2022 Though she stood at only 4’10”, Madeleine Albright was always the most commanding presence in the room (I know from experience. As an immigrant with political aspirations, I saw Albright as a role model. She was also an immigrant—born in Czechoslovakia to Jewish parents, her family fled … Continue reading This powerful leadership style gets results (without coming off as a jerk)
By Roxanne Petraeus May 22, 2022 I used to think great leaders had the answers; now I think great leaders grapple with hard questions, especially the ones that elude easy answers. I started my company a few months before the pandemic. Since then, almost every month has brought some massive world event, natural … Continue reading Leaders: This is how your team wants you to respond to political issues
By Amy Kan May 20, 2022 Throughout my many years in a corporate career, no matter the industry, size of the company, or the country, there was always some kind of individual performance management that involved goal-setting. The most effective version used key performance indicators (KPIs) that cascaded down the organization from the executive … Continue reading This is how to develop goals that align your team and improve performance
By Eric Pliner March 27, 2022 In nearly 25 years of working with leaders—and more than a decade of one-on-one coaching and advisory to Fortune 500 CEOs—there is one issue raised by virtually every leader in every environment: What to do about the brilliant jerk? Netflix popularized the phrase “brilliant jerk” in an early … Continue reading How leaders can manage ‘brilliant jerks’
By Shaun Spearmon March 20, 2022 Workplace dissatisfaction is nothing new, but the past two years have prompted many Americans to ask, “Is my job really worth it?” Some have titled this era—one in which employees are unwilling to compromise personal interests for organizational gain—as the Age of Anti-Ambition. But is it … Continue reading How leaders can manage employees through an ‘ambition reset’
By Jeff Beer March 19, 2022 When Walter Geer looks around, he doesn’t see a lot of people who look like him. As a Black executive creative director at the WPP-owned advertising agency VMLY&R, Geer rarely sees another Black face at his seniority level. In fact, when he started actively looking into just how many … Continue reading ‘Black Madison Ave’ should be a wake-up call to all corporate leaders
Outcome-driven leaders focus on analyzing results as related to defined business goals, rather than individual productivity, arbitrary deadlines, tactics and the quantity of deliverables. Stacey Ackerman on March 22, 2022 The following is a selection from the e-book “MarTech’s agile marketing for leaders.” Please click the button below to download the full e-book. Agile marketing … Continue reading 7 leadership behaviors for marketing agility
By Dustin York February 13, 2022 We’ve all seen the many articles during the past two years: “Internal communication is now more important than ever,” and “Leaders need to communicate with employees more than ever before.” These statements are true, but like many people, you may have found yourselves wondering, “Yeah, but what … Continue reading Leaders: This is exactly what ‘more communication’ should look like
