Leadership

Leadership styles define how leaders interact with their teams and influence outcomes. The leadership approach you choose influences your outcomes significantly, so understanding various leadership styles is important. By doing so, you can tailor your leadership style to match the evolving needs of your organization, thereby enhancing your leadership quality. In this blog, we aim …

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Business leaders who are concerned with their future and legacy place great importance on establishing succession planning processes that impact multiple levels of management within their organization. Succession planning generally has several elements including talent assessment, development goals, advanced leadership education, mentoring or coaching and special leadership projects. Unfortunately, while these programs are very effective …

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The idea of servant leadership might sound new to you, but it has been around for centuries, if not longer. Wondering what it is and why should it be the topmost priority for your business? Read on to learn all about it. When it comes to effective leadership, it’s common knowledge that effective leaders set …

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Communication is a crucial element that can either make or break a project. Executives must recognize the importance of good communication strategies. According to data collected by Forbes, 86% of employees and executives cite a lack of collaboration or ineffective communication for workplace failures. Additionally, about 75% of employers rate teamwork and collaboration as “very …

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Leadership transformation is a process that can lead your organization to greater success. To successfully transform your leadership’s effectiveness, there are three levels that must be reached: awareness, actions, and results. But first, it will help to break down the three levels of leadership transformation and consider how best to achieve them. 1. Awareness – …

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For years, I judged executives and managers who played favorites. I thought it was despicable to promote and benefit direct reports who were essentially friends of the leader in charge. This was especially true when others on the team were working super hard and performing well but not getting any recognition for their efforts while …

Favoritism In The Workplace Isn’t Always A Bad Thing: How To Practice The New Leadership Competency Read More »

At its roots, organizational culture in healthcare is vital for employees, patients, and overall success. It is a set of values, beliefs, and norms that shape how people behave in a healthcare setting. These shared values create an environment where collaboration, communication, professionalism, respect for diversity, and innovation are critical components of day-to-day operations. But …

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Many of us have played the telephone game where everyone sits in a circle and whispers a short message to the person next to them. When the message gets to the last person, it’s amazing to see how much the original message has been changed or distorted. While this is a fun game to teach …

Effective Communication in Healthcare: Bust Barriers! Read More »

The first thing organizations may think of when they want to develop their leaders is management training. While this is an excellent strategy for gaining the basics of leadership, the difference between adequate managers and truly inspiring leaders has more to do with their development as human beings. The CEO of a very well-known and …

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If the last time you had a coach was in your childhood Little League baseball team, it might be time to learn about a different type of coaching: Executive coaching. Executive coaching is for high-level professionals or high-potential professionals, and it consists of working with an external individual to develop the skills and competencies necessary …

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The idea of remote work isn’t new. Since 2009, the number of people working from home has grown by 159%. No, that’s not a typo. More people are looking for remote work every day. The pandemic indeed skyrocketed this search. But the data shows that people have been searching for quite some time. This means …

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No one really likes micromanaging, yet it is a popular management strategy at almost every level. Most managers who micromanage express that the best way to ensure success is to take control. While that may sound reasonable, it ultimately doesn’t work. The Problem With Micromanagement Micromanagement is an organizational disease similar to silos in that …

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Every company wants to have engaged employees. These workers are vital to your business, and they often adopt your company’s values, purpose, and vision. As a result, they make stunning colleagues, innovating problem solvers, and passionate contributors. Unfortunately, disengaged employees have the opposite attitude. If you have these disengaged employees, you want to know the …

Disengaged Employees? The Real Problem Will Surprise You Read More »

Being a leader isn’t an easy role, but so much hinges on how well you do it. The way you manage doesn’t only direct the resources of the company or organization toward goals and achievements, but you’re responsible for bringing clarity of purpose, motivation, and even inspiration. Your style of leading is a major factor …

6 Best Books on Leadership: Earn Power & Respect Read More »

“Leader” isn’t just a title you’re given at your job. It’s a way of being in which you take accountability not only for your actions but your outcomes. A leader isn’t afraid to commit to their vision because they know that failure is a mindset, not a reality. Anyone can be an accountable leader if …

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If you are looking to set some professional goals for your organization, there are ways to achieve long-term success. In theory, it is nice to set personal resolutions, but those often go by the wayside in a few weeks. With organizational goals, you can help your business achieve success. But remember that goal tracking and …

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One of the questions we hear from leaders the most is, “How do we hire effectively and retain our best employees?” Improving employee retention is a huge goal for most organizations, and one that can seem elusive and confusing, especially in today’s market where work-shortages abound.  In this article we’ll cover: Why Employee Retention Matters …

Employee Retention: 8 Best Practices for Keeping Your Best Employees Read More »

Have you ever wondered how large companies like Amazon and Apple continue to stay successful? People continue to buy their products and use their services, and it seems like there’s no dropoff coming soon. You could say the increase in sales has been a big part of why they’re successful. But that’s not what business …

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By Mark Samuel – Leaders in an organization wield a lot of power and responsibility. They set the tone for their team, make decisions that affect business outcomes, foster leadership in others, and bear the brunt of responsibility when things go wrong. With so much responsibility, it can be easy to fall into mental traps …

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By Mark Samuel – Creating virtual trainings, and especially translating in-person trainings to virtual trainings takes skill and an understanding of the inherent differences between sitting in a room with people and sitting in front of a screen, but it isn’t hard when you know what to do.  Being an in-person experienced trainer and facilitator, …

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By Mark Samuel – The viral pandemic of 2020 has become the Great Game Changer, not only for the decade, but most likely for the century. There has been so much tragedy—lives lost and people getting sick, huge job loss, financial insecurity, and business closures with entire industries being devastated by the result of shelter-at-home …

Pivoting In-Person Trainings & Workshops to be Effective Virtual Programs Read More »

By Mark Samuel – So far we’ve explored two of the most common traps that even seasoned content designers and facilitators can make when they turn to offering virtual events: #1 Underestimating the difference between environment and facilitator skills are the same #2 Assuming activities that work well in the in-person environment will work the …

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By Mark Samuel – In Part 1, we shared one of the most common mistakes made by seasoned content creators and trainers—to underestimate the differences between live and virtual events. We all know they are different mediums to deliver content, but often aren’t clear on what those differences are…and more importantly, now to play to …

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By Mark Samuel & Licia Rester – Those of us who are experienced in delivering in-person training workshops with a high degree of success are finding the move to a virtual learning environment much more difficult than imagined. The assumption for many is that you just need to transform the “same” training program into a …

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By Mark Samuel –  Business is always shaped by external drivers: those circumstances beyond our control that we must respond to if we want to succeed. Economic conditions, customer demands, government regulations and technology are common drivers that I’m sure you’re familiar with. Responding to a viral pandemic like the one we’re experiencing now is …

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by Mark Samuel I recently talked to a frustrated senior leader who said… “I’ve communicated the new picture, why we need it, and how urgent it is to our success. In our meetings together, the facts are clear and everyone nods their head in agreement, but as soon as they leave the room, everyone goes …

Getting Your Vision to Take Hold Read More »

by Mark Samuel –  So you’ve created your Picture of Success – a new vision that’ll take your company to new heights. You’re excited and you can’t wait to get started sharing this Picture with your team, your managers, and your employees. But hold on a second. The biggest mistake leaders make in communicating their Vision is jumping too quickly …

The Biggest Mistake Leaders Make Communicating Their Visions Read More »