A few weeks back, I was pleased to be a guest on Doug Brown’s “CEO Sales Strategies Podcast.” Here’s some of what we discussed: The Three Perspectives of “You” The ‘three you’s’ — There’s the ‘you’ that you think you are. There’s the ‘you’ that others think you are and there’s the real ‘you.’ To … Read more
This is part four of a series about the future of leadership. “I have a different vision of leadership. A leader is someone who brings people together.”– George W. Bush In our increasingly virtual world, the future of leadership will be even more challenging than it is today. Simply put, we’re going to have to … Read more
This is part three in a series about the future of leadership. “Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense. And if you rehearse nonsense, you may one day find yourself the victim of it.” – Laurence Gonzales Management expert and author Gary Hamel is known for his work on reinventing the concept of management for the … Read more
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” – John C. Maxwell A well-known author and speaker, Jacob Morgan, has been studying the future of leadership, and he provides us with some thoughtful insights as he describes the four “mindsets” of the successful future leader: Global … Read more
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell More than ever, we need to look forward as well as learn from the past to anticipate the needs of effective leadership and prepare ourselves to meet these standards. It’s evident that simply relying on our … Read more
In a recent edition of The Wall Street Journal, Professors Gavin Kilduff and Tessa West of NYU suggest there is a different skill in team interaction than previous researchers have found, which they call “status intelligence” [1] –– the ability to read status hierarchies within a team. They separate it from other skills, such as … Read more
