Mar 14, 2016 | Leadership, Leadership Development, Management, Uncategorized
business lifestyle shot of a young adult woman as she sits in a meeting with her employee (Photodisc) Most first level supervisors, whether they have been supervising others for years or are newly promoted, have a common difficulty. They don’t recognize that a...
Mar 7, 2016 | Leadership Development, Uncategorized
I firmly believe every person has the capacity to lead. It all depends on the situation and the strengths of the individual. That is why leadership development makes sense for individual contributors or potential future leaders who may not necessarily have an...
Feb 28, 2016 | Leadership, Leadership Development, Motivation, Uncategorized
Most recent research on what motivates people completely blows up the old notion that quid pro quo rewards motivate employees at work. More than a hundred years ago managers began taking an industrial approach to motivating people by teaching them to specialize in one...
Feb 15, 2016 | Leadership Development, Uncategorized
Over the years I have created numerous leadership training and development programs for a wide variety of organizations. While designing these learning opportunities I have debated with myself, with organizational leaders, with colleagues, and with the workshop...
Jan 18, 2016 | Leadership Development, Uncategorized
If you truly want to create leaders who are engaged and dedicated to your organization, any leadership development opportunities must be infused with the very best of your company’s culture. The very definition of infusing something is to fill it with some...
Jan 11, 2016 | Leadership Development, Uncategorized
Sometimes my students at the University of Phoenix, (where I teach leadership and strategic management courses), make an easy mistake when writing mid-term papers. They read the topic or instructions for the assignment and then regurgitate on paper everything they...