The IMPACT Encyclopedia
Articles Filed Under: Leadership
May 20, 2009
Get Over It
Last week I went to an emotional meeting at my kids' school. There were two groups of parents and two groups of teachers. Both sides were vested, both sides had valid but opposing opinions on a lingering issue, and everyone…
May 12, 2009
Give.
One of my clients sent the following comments to my most recent blog.
"Read your blog this morning about connecting with people – and I totally agree. I was at my networking meeting yesterday and we were discussing…
leadership, greatness, motivation, leading in a downturn, business development
May 12, 2009
The Leader of the Future: Ten skills to begin developing now
Here’s a good summary of the “top ten skills leaders need for the future.” I would say these are all needed now and have always been needed.
http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2009/05/leader-of-future-ten-skills-to-begin.html
April 28, 2009
Leading Thoughts - Alan Morantz
"Leading Thoughts brings the best people management ideas to the real world, in language you can understand."
April 14, 2009
Does Working Notice Work? Not Usually.
The downturn in the economy has pushed many of my clients away from paying severance and toward working notice. Employers are choosing to ask employees to work their notice rather than paying severance and letting them go immediately. One client…
March 25, 2009
Shouldn’t customer benefits be simple and thank-you’s be unconditional?
This blog is a diversion from my usual thoughts on leadership. I am thinking more and more about how to treat customers. First and foremost keep it simple. I am sitting on a plane with 8 upgrades that should put…
February 19, 2009
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
By Patrick Lencioni - The Table Group
Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech''s CEO, faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be…
peer or team coaching, books we recommend, leadership, teams
February 04, 2009
Too Few Data Points
"Too few data points". That was a client's description of a leader in her group. She had just met with him to get to know him and to discuss her own career. I asked her how the meeting went and…
January 26, 2009
Obama’s mystical leadership qualities
Three experts examine the intangibles that captured America's hearts and minds.
From the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/todays-paper/Obama+mystical+leadership+qualities/1197184/story.html
January 20, 2009
Keys to Working with Alpha Personalities
An interview with Gill Corkindale, Executive Coach. Alpha personalities present unique challenges for those who work with them. You need a different set of strategies for getting along with an alpha boss than for managing an alpha employee.
career management, communications coaching, videos we recommend, leadership, teams, new leaders, influencing
