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Being an Effective Leader

Effective leaders do three things well:

Set direction Ensure alignment Gain commitment

They do this not with just a few departments or a couple of divisions but with the entire organization. The most effective leaders will take these steps:

Set direction for the organization – the vision, where the organization will be in 3, 5, […]

3 Simple Ways to Engage Your Staff

In today’s busy work environment, we are trying to juggle between “managing” and “doing” and we forget that we need to keep our staff engaged. Especially if, like others managers in nearly every other business, you are working with fewer resources on your team and those that are there have more work to do than […]

Contribute to the Company Blog and Build Your Own Brand

I was talking with a friend a few weeks ago who told me she was interested in building her own brand – basically, she wants to get her name “out there” and begin to do a bit of writing. She also is interested in getting recognized within her organization with the hope of moving to […]

Best Practices for Addressing Organizational Issues

When the executives don’t see the need to change

There are issues (or – better yet – let’s say “opportunities”) in every organization. We can surface these opportunities to improve the organization through employee engagement surveys, organizational assessments and sometimes, when we get lucky, through leadership and other skills assessments. All too frequently, however, at […]

Strong Leaders Engage

When we are asked to think about strong leadership styles and strong leaders many of us conjure up images of someone who makes pronouncements and never goes back on their decisions. They know the right thing to do and expect people to simply get on with doing what they are told. I do wonder […]