Lazy Leaders: Get Off Your Pedestal

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Cheryl Dilley

Whether leaders put themselves on a pedestal or the employees who work for them do, the pedestal is a wobbly place to be especially when the ground shakes beneath it. I recently interviewed for a position in our Executive Leadership Development organization.  The interviewer, a person I’ve known for some time and greatly respect, had some of [...]

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Why is Leadership So Difficult?

Posted on March 21, 2012 by C.K. Brechin

I’ve had the pleasure of being on vacation in a warm destination for the past ten days and have spent many hours lounging by the pool with one eye on my son and one ear eavesdropping on many conversations. I’m always curious about people’s complaints about their work environments, especially about their leaders. Nothing beats [...]

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The Penalty Box: Plight of a Good Leader

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Cheryl Dilley

Believe it or not, leaders are human too. They make mistakes. And they suffer the consequences like the rest of us. These mistakes can result from many reasons: Not having all the right information before a decision is made Not understanding the impact to all levels of the organization Underestimating underlying relationships between stakeholders, managers, customers, or peers Not comprehending where alliances reside within the [...]

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Leadership Follies: Training Is Not A Cure-All

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Anil Saxena

For many years consultants and experts have tried to convince leaders that training can impact performance. It seems like the problem is no longer that they don’t believe that training is important, but that now those same leaders thing that training is the “cure-all” or “silver-bullet.” “What has made people think that training people will [...]

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Occupied With Ethics

Posted on November 9, 2011 by George Brymer

The following comments, spoken by a once-prominent business executive, appear to be a warning for graduates about the ethical challenges awaiting them in the business world. As it turns out, his words provide a hint that the speaker is a crook. “You will be confronted with questions every day that test your morals. Think carefully, [...]

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A Leader’s Boss: The Key to Success

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Cheryl Dilley

Everyone has a boss. Even the CEO answers to the Board of Directors. The BOD answers to the employees and shareholders. In the workplace, one’s boss can be a key ingredient to the performance of a leader and their team. We’ve all heard this phrase:  “A leader is only as good as the people who work [...]

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An Incident of Workplace Bullying : The Leader’s Response

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Aryanne Oade

As a leader in your organisation you have a big part to play in determining how your organisation responds to incidents of workplace bullying.  In fact, your personal attitude, and the actions that you take both immediately after an incident and in the longer term, set the tone for how your organisation is seen by its workforce [...]

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