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Turning Good Leaders Into Great Leaders
Benefits of Leadership Mindfulness
Leaders: Mindfulness Is No Longer Just a New Age Buzzword Leadership is a mental game. Part of being a great leader is being mentally strong. This is not always easy when under pressure or when you are tired. Mindfulness, or the art of being present and acutely aware...
Stress Leads to Bad Decision Making
Shifting Into Mindfulness Reduces Stress, Improves Decision Making Neuroscience has revealed that as humans we rely on a pair of hardwired processes for decision making. Using pattern recognition our brains assess what appears to be going on. We then react to this...
Better Decisions: Going From Mind Full to Mindful Leader
Practicing Mindfulness Leads To Better Decision Making, Less Stress Decision-making is a fundamental aspect of our professional and personal lives. Every day we make hundreds, even thousands, of decisions. Unfortunately, stress and other factors often lead good...
Mid-Level Leaders Are Critical To Strategy Execution
Leading Execution. Producing Results. Mid-level leaders are charged with interacting with their direct reports and peers to remove obstacles and provide solutions for anything adversely impacting a strategic initiative. They are typically empowered to make decisions...
Best Leadership Articles I Read in November
Best Articles on Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Skills Each month I publish a list of the top articles on leadership, leadership development, and leadership skills that I have read over the past 30 days. The articles in this month’s list cover: This...
From Individual Contributor to Leader, Manager, Supervisor
Astute Leaders Know That Training Mid-Level Leaders Is A Game Changer Transitioning from a successful individual contributor role into a supervisory or manager position is fraught with challenges, concerns, and worries. This is a profound change for your employees and...
Mid-Level Leaders Are Your Glue Between Strategy and Execution
Yet There Is a Significant Lack of Leadership Training for Mid-Level Leaders Mid-level management jobs and leadership positions are extremely challenging. In today’s flatter organizational structures, mid-level leaders are required to handle and juggle a wide range...
Great Leadership Quotes
Words To Lead By Words are powerful. Words that withstand the test of time and are passed down from generation to generation assume an aura of greatness and significance enhanced by their longevity. For me, quotations have long had the power to inspire, to motivate. I...
Building Your Leadership Pipeline
Ensuring you have the right leadership pipeline to safeguard future growth. Astute leaders understand the importance of ensuring their leadership pipeline strategy incorporates both their organization’s environment and corporate culture, as well as the leadership...
Leadership Pipeline Mistakes
It is important to be strategic about your leadership pipeline. Talent is essential to performance. But leaders are busy producing results. Hence too many leaders, particularly in SMEs and privately-owned companies, lack sufficient time to develop and hone their...