Leadership strategy

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A recent Gallup study found that at least half of the U.S. workforce are “quiet quitters.” The problem goes deeper than workers doing the bare minimum to meet expectations: Worker engagement is at its lowest in nearly a decade and many organizations have yet to shed old-school leadership thinking in this new world of work. Old-school leadership thinking looks like this: Half of business leaders believing remote employees aren’t working as hard; 48% of businesses using monitoring software to track remote employees ; half of managers of knowledge workers planning to force people back into the office next spring. It’s all the leaders stuck in the traditionalist belief that remote workers are phoning it in. It’s the countless companies “flex washing” their job descriptions, promising remote work they don’t plan on allowing. The solution for quiet quitting isn’t to monitor employees or force them to work where they don’t … [Read more...] about Why A Great Remote Leadership Strategy Is A Cure For Quiet Quitting

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin In a new and scientific way bound to turn leadership on its head, leadership development expert and professor Carolyn Stern shares in her new book that "Emotions are actually our superpowers." In her just-released book, The Emotionally Strong Leader: An Inside-Out Journey to Transformational Leadership , she says leaders must "get inspired, take action, and achieve more by leading with emotional intelligence." "I really want to let people know our emotions are the universal language that unites us all. It's a language we can all relate to and understand," said Stern during our detailed interview. "No matter where you come from, no matter how diverse, or digital we are across the globe, I think it's really important that we all speak the same language. I was sick and tired of hearing these leaders say that emotions are weak. I decided to write a book on why your emotions are actually your superpower if you can learn how to … [Read more...] about “Emotions Are Our Superpowers,” Says Leadership Development Expert Carolyn Stern

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Leadership is all about inspiring and enabling others, epitomized by level four delegation. The keys to doing that well are 1) direction, 2) resources, 3) bounded authority, and 4) accountability. Recall the framework from my article, The Art of Delegating : Do well yourself – Individual contributors’ main area of focus Do yourself, but just well enough – Individual contributors Delegate and supervise – The realm of managers Delegate and trust – Senior leaders enabling and empowering managers Do later – Senior leaders’ prioritization/deprioritization saving others time now Do never – Senior leaders’ ultimate deprioritization, saving others time and attention In turn, the four keys to delegate and trust are: Direction/objectives/desired results/intent Resources (human, financial, technical or operational) Authority to make tactical decisions within strategic boundaries/guidelines … [Read more...] about The Keys To Level Four Delegation – The Heart Of Leadership

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The United Nations hosts President Biden and dozens of word leaders this week , when they will deliver remarks to the General Assembly on issues of the day — the climate crisis, food insecurity, the lingering effects of the Covid pandemic, and, of course, the war in Ukraine. But much of the meaningful activity will take place outside of the UN complex. As the institution’s ability to address pressing global problems has increasingly come into question over the last four decades, a wide range of private actors now regularly gather in New York during the General Assembly aiming to help fill a leadership void. In fact, UN week now bears a growing resemblance to the World Economic Forum’s week-long gathering of business and government leaders, academics, and activists in Davos in January. Organizers of that annual conference in the Swiss mountains assert that they are striving to “demonstrate entrepreneurship in the global … [Read more...] about How The UN And Its Member States Can Reassert Global Leadership

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin What does networking mean to you? As a career and executive coach, it has deep meaning to me, and I’ve spent my career in and around the subject. Just before Covid more or less turned networking into a strictly two-dimensional, on-screen activity, I had surveyed 85 managers in a global professional services firm, part of a leadership development project. One particular element of the engagement was designed to identify the values, attitudes, and beliefs of their existing operating culture, specifically regarding networking. Top leadership was eager to determine how their current and future leaders viewed and approached their roles and the roles of their colleagues, and this was one of the elements. What the managers really said Innocuously placed among ostensibly random, but actually purposely sequenced questions, was an open-ended one that asked respondents to list three words or short phrases – in order of … [Read more...] about 7 Networking Strategies For Everyone, Not Just Leaders

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Executive and leadership coaching transforms leaders and organizations. Businesses need effective managers to lead teams through change, burnout, and economic upheaval. With concerns of a recession on the rise, what can executives do to ensure that their organizational performance exceeds stakeholder expectations? How can organizations achieve truly transformational leadership? The most successful organizations invest in executive coaching to provide transformational leadership for their employees and training and coaching opportunities for their leadership teams. Executive coaching prepares leaders for transition and growth and helps them mediate workplace behaviors, support project success, and provide long-term results. When to Invest in Leadership Coaching High turnover remains a concern for retention strategists as businesses struggle to recover from The Great Resignation. Executives also find that commonplace … [Read more...] about Executive And Leadership Coaching Transforms Organizations

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Joint editorial by Global Citizen and Kristina Joss , Vice President of Growth at GlobalGiving The crises that have started or worsened in the past year are almost uncountable. Globally, the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed nearly 100 million more people into extreme poverty and is reversing recent trends of shrinking inequality, leading to the loss of at least three years of progress. Without urgent action NOW, this backsliding will only worsen. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has further aggravated the situation, with as many as 323 million people now facing acute hunger, and 1.2 billion people living in nations experiencing food, energy, and financial crises. If we don’t take action NOW, as many as 200 million more people may be plunged into extreme poverty by November. At a time when every dollar truly matters for people in need, the corporate sector's more than $21 billion … [Read more...] about Recession Or Not, Communities Around The World Need Leadership From The Private Sector

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin While “quiet quitting” may be a new term, the reality of employee disengagement is not a new concept. Arguably the global pandemic and racial reckoning of the past two-plus years have created a new level of stress and shifted expectations around what work should look like and how much of ourselves we should be investing in our jobs. While many have chosen to leave the workforce (pegged the Great Resignation), others have seemingly disengaged or retired in place for a range of reasons. The Harvard Business Review article “Quiet Quitting Is About Bad Bosses, Not Bad Employees” rejects the suggestion that the “trend” is an indictment of those who might consciously choose to scale back their time, effort and energy. “It’s easy to place the blame for quiet quitting on lazy or unmotivated workers, but instead, this research is telling us to look within and recognize that individuals want to give their energy, creativity, time, … [Read more...] about 4 Leadership Strategies To Address ‘Quiet Quitting’

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin In today's world, it is relatively easy to become the CEO of a company, author a new book, launch a podcast or start a Youtube channel. Everyone in this category considers themselves thought leaders or wants to be considered as such. The problem is often that many thought leaders are spending a great deal of energy and enthusiasm speaking to a small audience or no audience at all. As George Nellist puts it, "The key to leadership is influence, and the key to influence is visibility." In today's social media world, all the tools are available to get the word out, but the strategy is where many people fall short. George Nellist is a public relations and marketing specialist at a leading PR agency in California. In addition to helping build the 7-figure marketing agency, George has helped hundreds of thought leaders and budding entrepreneurs build their brand’s online visibility. In this article, George Nellist shares a … [Read more...] about A Thought Leader’s Blueprint To Online Visibility

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Coined by Steve Blank, the term innovation theater has been gaining traction lately. As with all popular terms, we may be reaching the peak of inflated expectations on the hype cycle , with a lot more people using the term without fully understanding what it really means. Lately, I have noticed a general tendency to refer to most typical lean startup and design thinking practices as innovation theater (e.g. the use of sticky notes or hosting hackathons). It is time to sound a cautionary note. Leaders need to be careful not to throw out the baby with the bath water. Many of the innovation practices espoused within lean startup and design thinking can create real value when applied properly. They only become innovation theater when they are applied in a manner that creates no value for companies and society. What Is Innovation? As company leaders have become more and more concerned with disruption from … [Read more...] about What Is Innovation Theater?