When In Charge, Take Charge — What That Means For Leaders

One of our Big Six Leadership Principles® is “When in charge, take charge.” How does that apply in day-to-day operations? It doesn’t mean you always need to be out front barking orders. Being in charge means accepting the responsibility entrusted to you and acting accordingly. In some cases, taking charge means empowering people. In others, … Read more

Information Age Leadership, Part 1

This video blog is Part One in a series on “Information Age Leadership.” Leaders looking to grow their organizations to a world-class level often ask me, “What’s changed that make the dynamics so challenging today?” The short answer? The Information Age is now dominant in our lives. Now that getting and sharing information is as … Read more

Leading Through “The Fear Factor”

I had an interesting conversation with a corporate executive earlier this week, where we were talking about what he kept referring to as “The Fear Factor.”  It seems throughout his career, he’s been exposed to otherwise outstanding colleagues and team members that lived every day in fear.  Fear of losing respect, fear of losing face, … Read more

Establishing a Climate of Openness

As we wrote in our last blog on creating a high performing culture, Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson established the concept that a climate of openness is one of the three main conditions for building an environment of “psychological safety” among teams. So how do you get there?

Practical Leadership Tools

We give you practical leadership tools to effect real, immediate change.  We’ll help you build your “leadership toolbox” full of proven methods to grow your leadership capabilities and mentor others.  The results?  Higher retention, better team satisfaction, higher productivity, more profitability – and a culture your competition can’t touch. Here’s what some of our clients … Read more