Category Archives: Leadership

Business is brutal and the everyday brutality requires that we find directions that serve the purpose. Sometimes we have to be comfortable in the knowledge that we will FAIL our way into SUCCESS. “Discipline generates results, results create motivation.”

There are four recommendations organizations need to consider if they want to build strong leadership accountability. (1) Make leadership a critical business priority; (2) set clear expectations of their leaders; (3) identify and address leaders who are unaccountable; and (4) … Continue reading →

Professional development expert Beverly Washington says there are five influence strategies for leaders, including improving your communication skills, respecting your fellow employees, being likeable, doing your research and being knowledgeable, and being courteous.

Trust in the context of workplace refers to our ability to predict what other people will do and what situations will occur – that may be in support of our wellbeing.

Red Hat CEO, Jim Whitehurst, and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and retired U.S. Army, General H. Hugh Shelton, discuss the value of being a straight talker in the workplace.

via Vusi Thembekwayo (another great point of view)

Some very good points !

90 Second Leadership – The Pyramid of Influence (Todd Adkins)

Every word matters. Speak wisely. Empower the nation. -Mohammed Qahtani Watch the entire speech HERE

30 Days. 30 Leadership Tips. 30 Opportunities to Become a Better Manager… a Different Kind of Manager… a Leader. Link to the “What If” project !  

What’s your number one responsibility as a manager or leader?

VMware Chief Operating Officer Sanjay Poonen shares his leadership journey, learnings and life experiences. He is passionate about developing and celebrating leadership around him.

… at anything you do, including being a leader! Tasha Eurich shares a prescription to be not just awesome at leadership, but anything else you want to improve.

What would leadership in Utopia look like? To start with, imagine the best leader you have ever worked with. How did he or she get to become this type of leader?

“To be a leader, you can be tough, you can have high standards, and hold people accountable … but if at the end of the day, you are not serving them, you will not be able to build a team … Continue reading →