Leadership Articles
“Executives are hired on experience and fired on personality.” This well known phrase in the executive search business sums up years of collective experience and the prevailing findings from executive derailment research. The good news is that there are ways to predict and avoid hiring a poor fit as well as being alert to and addressing early warning signs of ... Read more »
Lack of clarity about the differences between executive/organizational consulting, executive coaching, and executive psychotherapy is confusing for executives and can lead them to request and receive the wrong services only to discover that their expectations are not being met, there is no improvement, or worse, conditions deteriorate. Furthermore, when coaches attempt to deal with problems that require the expertise of ... Read more »
How might your leadership improve if you could:
- Understand others’ motives
- Accurately outline the moves of key players and stakeholders several steps ahead
- Gain influence for your cause by appealing to what people care about most
Rapid access to such information is a critical asset for leaders. Empathy enables an intimate intuitive understanding of others. It is also an innate human capability but is ... Read more »
This article defines transformational leadership and the three major activities in which transformational leaders engage. It also discusses the three key attributes and capabilities of such leaders including advanced ego development, intuitive thinking, and mutual engagement.
What is Transformational Leadership?
Transformational leadership is a much used and widely misunderstood term. James MacGregor Burns, a respected scholar and authority on leadership, used ... Read more »
A leader’s ability to use the power of emotions is key to his/her success. Research on leadership shows that highly successful leaders have greater emotional competence than their less outstanding peers. Empathy – the ability to know and feel what others experience – is the foundation of emotional intelligence. Companies ranging from health care to high tech are realizing benefits to ... Read more »
Empowerment is a way to increase your company’s success by involving everyone in the work force as a business partner who is highly invested in achieving outstanding results. Empowerment makes more resources available to the company because it taps the knowledge, skills, experience, motivation and commitment of each person, team and group within the company.
Empowered organizations do not come into ... Read more »
Leaders in a rapidly changing global environment are challenged to guide their organizations towards what seems an unpredictable future. The forces that create that future, however are emerging now and can be discerned. Leaders can avoid being victims of what is to come and instead exert more influence over the future by employing a systematic approach to strategic planning.
There ... Read more »
“Thank God for 360 feedback – one of the most effective tools for managers and leaders who want to keep getting better at what they do.” Bill George, former CEO, Medtronics and author of True North, speaking at Human Resource Leadership Forum.
Personal note: A big thank you to K.H. a client who had the wisdom and courage to share ... Read more »