3 Leadership Resolutions You Can Achieve
Consider carving out three things that you can focus on in 2017 to improve your leadership capacity.
Posts Tagged: leadership
Leadership Lessons from Rudolph
I have a way that we working professionals can watch these shows while gaining valuable lessons from our holiday heroes. My favorite, Rudolph, the beloved reindeer of Santa, has some leadership lessons for us all.
Tips for Recruiting and Hiring a Multigenerational Workforce
Building a strong brand can help an agency stand out in a competitive environment, one where employers are vying for employees with similar skills. Agencies should be leading the conversations about their workplaces and shaping how others identify them.
Organizational Culture Change: Understanding Your Culture
The verdict is in. We are living in an age of disruption; an information revolution, which most economists agree is as profound and disruptive as the agricultural and industrial revolutions. In his new book Thank you for Being Late Thomas Friedman refers to this as an “age of accelerations” in which markets, Mother Nature, and technology areRead… Read more »
Leadership Lessons from Elizabeth and Winston
I have become obsessed with the modern monarchy – Queen Elizabeth II specifically – and more recently, with Winston Churchill. Both are viewed as iconic figures of history that have faced challenges with courage, vigor and a love of country. But what about their leadership styles?
Public Education: What’s Private Industry Got to Do with It?
Some might argue that exposing kids to technology isn’t a critical component of their education, but I would beg to differ.
What the Moon Landing can Teach us About Communication
Leadership demands a holistic, conceptual understanding of an agency, not just one small piece of the overall puzzle. When we place people in boxes with blinders on in the name of efficiency, we remove the capability for holistic understanding.
6 Strategies for Managing Group Conflict
Open conflict, tense meetings, and burned bridges are all too common at work. If you’re thrown into an awkward situation with the expectation that you can make it better, try some of these strategies and see if they work for you. What other methods have you used to diffuse tough work situations?
Want to Improve Your Workplace? Have Fun!
Engaging your team for that time will not only allow them the space to relax and clear their mind for that time but will continue its impact in job satisfaction even after the ‘fun’.
Finding Team Strengths
How can we harness the unique strengths of these workers to maximize the impact this new team will have on the mission of the agency while minimizing their weaknesses?