5 Steps to Build Leadership Credibility

Dec 21, 2015 | Leadership

Credibility is a Matter of Degrees Credibility isn’t an “either/or” type of thing; it’s a matter of degrees. But very few people in a position of leadership can last any length of time without sufficient credibility. Credibility is endorsement by others. It’s used by...

5 Ways to Engage Your Clients for Another Year

Dec 7, 2015 | Leadership

Be Intentional, Heartfelt About Nurturing Relationships One of the most reliable ways to build your business in the new year (and always) is simply by staying connected to your clients. This means more than just shooting them an occasional email to say hi, although...

What Zuckerberg’s $45B Gift Says About Millennial Leaders

Dec 2, 2015 | Leadership

Future Generations to Lead with Facebook Founder’s Benevolence, Altruism in Mind Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg made headlines yesterday with the announcement that, in honor of his daughter’s birth, he and his wife will give away 99 percent of his Facebook...

How the ‘Streetlight Effect’ is Plaguing Most Executives

Nov 18, 2015 | Leadership

Looking for Profits in All the Wrong Places Do you have tough personnel problems? Finding that those problems always get shuffled to the bottom of the pile? Wondering why you can’t get your policies implemented and your projects done? In Abraham Kaplan’s...

What Makes a Great Manager?

Nov 5, 2015 | Leadership

The Right Assessment Tools Allow the Cream to Rise to The Top What sets the great boss apart from the average one? Beyond offering guidance and leadership, the best managers capitalize on their employees’ uniqueness to make them well rounded and indispensable. Those...

Leadership Bias in the West

Oct 22, 2015 | Leadership

Biases Viewing Extroversion as Necessary for Leadership are Living on Borrowed Time Culture in the West, since the middle of the last century at least, has taken a turn away from character as the basis of leadership in favor of personality. Not just any personality,...