John Parker Stewart — June 13, 2019 — June 13, 2019 Nature can be a unique Matchmaker. Baboons and Impalas may not seem to have much in common or much to offer each other, but they are actually a perfect fit. Baboons are innately hyper alert and their vision and ability to climb trees for … Continue reading Leadership Lesson: Baboons and Impalas
Fred Feiner — May 16, 2019 — May 16, 2019 ElisaRiva / Pixabay \Thought leadership is a powerful public relations, marketing, and sales tool. Many companies dabble in it in one way, shape, or form, because it helps companies build partnerships and recruit top talent while shining a spotlight on company culture. Customers and prospects … Continue reading Seven Steps to Create a Killer Thought Leadership Program
Rick Lepsinger — May 4, 2019 Follow @onpoint_llc — May 4, 2019 Today’s workplace is a diverse and heterogeneous environment that poses many challenges for leaders. While connecting with individual employees is important, leaders must also find and use the appropriate levers to inspire and motivate them as a group. The transformational leadership model provides … Continue reading What is Transformational Leadership
David Dame — April 30, 2019 — April 30, 2019 Leadership means having the responsibility to enable an environment that harnesses the full intellectual talent of an organization. We hire a bunch of top diverse talent but limit them by unintentionally having them work only within their part or silo of a large organization. Leaders … Continue reading Leadership is the Connective Tissue
Ellen Huxtable — April 25, 2019 Follow @abiztweet — April 25, 2019 How about them Cubs? Business leadership can be exhausting. So take a break, and indulge and reflect on glorious memories of our National Pastime. It’s springtime in Chicagoland, and thoughts, at least on the north side, again turn toward the perpetual saga of … Continue reading Play Ball! Business Leadership Lessons from Baseball
Shep Hyken — April 16, 2019 Follow @Hyken — April 16, 2019 One of our Shepard Letter subscribers, who asked to remain anonymous, recently shared a story worth telling. To protect him from the backlash he’s concerned about, we’ll change his name to “protect the innocent,” as the saying goes, just in case someone from … Continue reading Leadership Sets the Tone of the Culture
Dave Brock — April 11, 2019 Follow @davidabrock — April 11, 2019 Too often when I speak to sales managers, they focus on “monitoring” their sales people. They constantly focus on: Where they are on MTD, QTD, YTD numbers? Do their pipelines have the right volume/velocity of opportunities? Are the sales people hitting their goals … Continue reading Leadership Is Not About “Monitoring”
Jim Marggraff — April 1, 2019 Follow @JimMarggraff — April 1, 2019 As a business leader, you’re bound to face turbulence — whether it’s financial, technological, or sociopolitical. How you handle these challenges is the true test. At some point in your new business, you’re going to run into turbulent times. You might discover your … Continue reading How Founders Can Demonstrate Leadership in Turbulent Times
Dave Brock — March 25, 2019 Follow @davidabrock — March 25, 2019 rubylia / Pixabay All of us, me included, often think a key aspect of leadership is about solving problems. Whatever the problem–a strategy problem, a market problem, a product problem, operational problems, sales/marketing problems, people problems…… We tend to think of ourselves as … Continue reading Is Leadership Really About Solving Problems?
Max Palmer — March 25, 2019 — March 25, 2019 Regardless if you’ve been in a leadership role for decades or just recently become a leader, you have what seems like the weight of the world on your shoulders. Whether it’s putting out fires, motivating your team, or achieving positive outcomes — the only way … Continue reading Don’t Make These 8 Disastrous Leadership Mistakes
