Is your organization better off stealing star employees from a competitor, parachuting a leader in from outside or would it be better to grow your own stars and develop leadership from within? That was the question being addressed by a session presented by the Richard Ivey School of Business at their ING Leadership Centre in […]
Category: Leadership
Join a Discussion Group on Leadership
We just formed a Group at www.LinkedIn.com called Be a Better Leader. If you are a manager, supervisor, team leader or a career minded individual or just curious about leadership, you are invited to join the group. We have posted three discussion topic threads to begin the conversation: 1. What is the most challenging aspect […]
Lead Conflict Don’t Manage It
Managing Conflict is one of the top internet searches that brings people to our website. Most clients have the topic included in the leadership training we provide to managers, supervisors and team leaders. Many workshop participants associate the word conflict with negative words like arguement, war, battle, disagreement and frustration. Instead we could view conflict […]
Leaders Give Hope When Things Seem Hopeless
Leaders are expected to remain proactive and positive in challenging situations. When everyone around you is losing hope, your job is to re-ignite the spark of future success. Hopelessness is one of the worst feelings a human being can feel. At a joint meeting between the Rotary Club of London and the Salvation Army, Major […]
Communicate at the speed of gossip
A client did an experiment. In their food processing plant they measured the time it took for a rumor to spread from the front office to the shipping dock. It took only 20 minutes. In the meantime managers get frustrated when their message takes weeks, months or years to spread throughout their organization. Why People […]