How would your organization answer to questions posed in a recent study. Investment in front-line managers? 28% said “investing in managers. was a high priority.” Leadership Development take a sustained and long-term approach? 43% of respondents say management training programs are designed to “plug holes” and deal with short-term problems rather than with “long-term objectives”.… Continue reading Leadership Nugget #2: Leadership Training – Is Its Time Past?
Author: Doug Wilson
Leadership Nugget #1: Treating Supervisors As Employees
“Businesses frequently don’t value front-line management role – 38% of respondents believe their company “doesn’t value the impact” of lower level management”. America’s Workforce: A Revealing Study of Corporate America’s Most Neglected Employee. Root Inc. & Kelton Research, April 1 2014 The hardest job in any organization is the first line supervisor. This position is… Continue reading Leadership Nugget #1: Treating Supervisors As Employees
The Value Leadership Adds: How Our Wrong Focus Makes Every Leader A Failure
The purpose of this article is to describe the areas in which leadership contribute value. As such, it addresses the position of leadership. It does not refer to individual leaders. The reason for this is simple: individual leaders are unique; groups of people they lead are unique and situations are unique but the areas in… Continue reading The Value Leadership Adds: How Our Wrong Focus Makes Every Leader A Failure
Where Does The Credibility To Lead Come From? Part 4: Thoughts On How Credibility Is Gained And Lost
According to Jim Clifton, President and CEO of Gallup Corporation, “A staggering 75% of the American public believe corruption is “widespread” in the U.S. government. Not incompetence, but corruption. This alarming figure has held steady since 2010, up from 66% in 2009.” There has never been a time that credibility and trustworthiness of leaders has… Continue reading Where Does The Credibility To Lead Come From? Part 4: Thoughts On How Credibility Is Gained And Lost
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHERE YOU ARE! “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. ” A. Lincoln
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“In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.” President Harry Truman
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15 Striking 2015 Facts From Pew Research http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/12/22/15-striking-findings-from-2015/
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“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who… Continue reading Untitled
Where Does The Credibility To Lead Come From? Part 3: Professional Sources of Credibility
One of the most important and visible sources of credibility is how a person adds value on the job. Being masterful at one craft lends credibility to a person since they not only know what to do but follow it up with action. While this credibility arises out of the work a person does, it… Continue reading Where Does The Credibility To Lead Come From? Part 3: Professional Sources of Credibility
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“The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.” General Colin Powell