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This article will support you to: Acknowledge some of the varied situations that leaders face Reflect on how to support employees Contemplate how to maintain balance Coming into a leadership situation, it is expected that you understand how to create structure, set up timelines, develop metrics, mon...
The old adage that “Actions Speak Louder Than Words” is probably nowhere more prevalent or more prescient than in the world of business. While your company may have mission statements and pieces of tastefully framed thoughts on the business of life scattered throughout the office, their actions ofte...
You can take a scientific approach to strengthening the leadership within your organization. You will need what’s called a leadership competency model. It’s the blueprint of the knowledge, skills, abilities and other attributes (KSAOs) that all employees of an organization need to succeed. A well-de...
A colleague recently lamented upon his observation of leaders who tended to make decisions based more on their ‘guts and intuition’ than on facts and critical thought. He immediately reminded me of Dr. Stephen J. Gerras’ work, Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking: A Fundamental Guide for Stra...
Michael Fulton Michael Fulton is a Digital Strategist and VP, Commercial Strategy at Expedient, the nation’s premier hybrid cloud provider. Mike joined Expedient October 2019 as their Chief Innovation Officer and now has overall responsibility for the company’s commercial strategy and market intelli...
Leaders, quit multitasking and focus more. Multitasking just means you will do a lot of things poorly or inefficiently. It is not a skill leaders should develop. Research actually reveals that the more you try to multitask, the worse you get at it. Focus is an underrated leadership attribute, especi...
Key takeaways: Properly research your markets’ needs Connect to your source There are many mission-critical parameters a company must properly identify to be able to effectively serve the market. And when the most critical is forgotten, it can lead to the death of an organization. Just a few of the ...
Takeaway: To be a more ethical leader, increase your self-control Self-control is an often-overlooked leadership behavior. Do a quick search, and you’ll find self-control articles connected to athletics but few connected to business and leaders. It is discussed in sports as the traits of self-discip...
Key Takeaways: Intercollegiate athletics plays a critical role in environmental sustainability Protecting the environment is not a spectator sport; we all have a role to play, and it requires daily leadership. “We cannot solve the problems we have created with the same thinking that created them...
When talking about leadership styles, we often think of leader behaviors and skills that are either good or bad. If you follow our blogs long enough, you might remember us frequently discussing the positive outcomes of transformational leadership style , ethical leadership and other traits of succes...
