Charismatic Leaders Break Barriers by Working from Strengths
One of the best treatises on working from your strengths is Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton. Their simple but powerful thesis is: the best way…
Charismatic Leaders Give Generously
Is your executive leadership team wondering how to increase workplace productivity? There is growing research that giving and happiness is related to productivity in the workplace. When people give generously…
Effective Leadership: Eliminate Negative Performance Reviews
Do managers or employees hate performance reviews worse? Has the performance review become a routine time waster? Are your performance reviews missing the mark of raising productivity and building loyalty?…
Charismatic Leaders Pump Up Creativity Today for Innovation Tomorrow
Has your organization been so focused on the bottom line and cost cutting that innovation has atrophied? Do creativity muscles need some heavy lifting to get them working again? Samuel…
“Touchy Feely” – Soft Skills The New Thing for Charismatic Leaders?
Well, not in quite the way you think of "touchy feely". Being overly emotional has never been the 'in' thing at work. However, what is now 'in' is the recognition…
Charismatic Leadership – No Blank Stares!
There is nothing more angering than having a problem to solve and the people who are responsible for solving that problem look at you with blank, hollow eyes that avoid…
Ban Office Gossip? IMPOSSIBLE!
The BBC reporter on the other end of the line wanted to know if I thought you could ban office gossip. I told him it was impossible! Then he proceeded…
Leadership: No “Just-in-Case Personnel”
I was impressed today with a television clip I saw of Captain Richard Phillips thanking the crew of the USS Bainbridge for his rescue from the Somali pirates in April.…
Time Management: The Producer’s Mindset
The first time I thought of the phrase "The Producer's Mindset" I knew instinctively what it meant. So I was shocked when a person in a seminar asked me what…
Business Expansion: Dismiss the “Wait till the recession is over then act” Attitude by Karla Brandau
To take a "wait till the recession is over then act" attitude is a prescription for suicide for your organization. Two headlines recently signal that a turnaround is coming. First,…