Category Archives: Leadership

Leadership Styles and Perception

A common question during interviews as well as performance reviews is: what is your leadership style? Although this is a pertinent issue for a variety of reasons, one of the core, underlying issues of leadership style pertains to how well … Continue reading

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Who Wants to be a Dictator?

Most of us at some point in our lives have contemplated what it would be like to be dictator for a day. Imagine that your thoughts, ideas, and needs come first and those around you exist primarily to enable you … Continue reading

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The Drama of Teams

Within organizations, teams provide one of the most complicated, but necessary elements for success. Modern organizational practice incorporates teams at all levels and functions and relies on teams to bring together knowledge, experience, and innovation in an efficient and effective … Continue reading

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Competence, Perceptions, and Results

Most of us would agree that competence plays a critical role in performance and job success. If an employee fails to possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform their job, high levels of performance remains out of reach. … Continue reading

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Going Together: Engagement and Performance

Most accept that engagement provides a critical precursor to optimal productivity and performance in any organization. Today, most organizations not only monitor engagement, but also evaluate managers on the engagement of their workforce along with other performance-based outcomes. Yet, we … Continue reading

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Why We Allow Bad Bosses

Regardless of the name on the building, we all work for a person: the boss. Considerable research points to the importance of the relationship between employees and their supervisor for engagement, productivity, and longevity and most of us would agree … Continue reading

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Emotional Intelligence and Reading a Face

Most of us recognize that controlling our emotions plays a key role in being successful in the workplace. A person who lacks control diverts attention from productivity by creating disruptions or being too self-absorbed. Over the last decade, the growth … Continue reading

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Building a Leadership Development Program, Part 3

The last two elements of a successful leadership development program pertain to measurement and assessing impact or results. All initiatives, regardless of nature should be assessed for their level of success and associated return on investment. Although most organizations recognize … Continue reading

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Building a Leadership Development Program, Part 1

This is the first component discussing the seven “factors for success” or key programmatic elements for a successful leadership development program.  The first two elements include defining outcomes and a holistic structure. Element 1: Clearly Defined Outcomes No program or … Continue reading

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Creating Leaders: Effective Programs

A successful leadership development program produces positive change at all levels of an organization.  It changes how employees perceive their leaders, deal with uncertainty as well as opportunity, meet customer needs, and set expectations for growth.  For managers, it alters … Continue reading

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