Know Your Values
They are part of your unique identity, and guide your decisions, behaviors and actions. Values don’t just define who you are and what you do, but they provide…
MAP Honors Nine Companies Achieving ‘Olympic Gold’ Business Success
Key denominators to success: Disciplined leadership, empowered teams and company-wide alignment to Vital Factors® Goals.
Use Effective Humor
It puts people around you at ease, helps them get perspective, and reveals a less formal, more “human” side to you—all of which can enable more open lines of communication.
Find Your Free Time
Overcommitting and over-scheduling oneself with must-do activities creates a dangerous trap into which leaders commonly fall. Suddenly, you realize you have no energy, no enthusiasm…
Don’t Hog the Spotlight
It’s OK to be the star on stage when the moment calls for it, but start a new discipline of routinely sharing the limelight toward others who deserve it, too.
Review 2013
It’s the end of another year, a perfect time for looking back at your personal performance and conducting a comprehensive review of 2013.
Recognize Opportunities to Coach
As leaders, we are “wired” to want to fix problems, and we enjoy sharing our knowledge and ideas to help our staff improve and accomplish both individual and company goals.
Take Charge Amid a Crisis
No one wants to think about a crisis taking place. But whenever major, serious events or tsunami-sized waters surface at work, those are the times in which you, as the leader, must…
Share Leadership at Staff Meetings
Save time on meeting management and creating content while strengthening teamwork, expanding employee engagement, and developing each staff member’s professional skills.
Reinforce Change
When it comes to change, you can’t just decide to start something new and expect it to fly. You need to support it and accelerate the results by…