Leadership Development

One strategic initiative gets pushed to the back burner far too often – leadership succession planning. In our experience, leadership succession planning gets pushed off most commonly for a combination of factors: day-to-day is getting in the way; it’s hard to face the end of a hard-won career; company structure is too top-heavy; and/or no […]

As 2023 comes to a close, I can’t help but think about how the end of each year is when we all tend to take the time to reflect. We look back at what we have done and forward to the next year for a fresh start. Taking time to reflect is valuable all year […]

Leadership development and executive education don’t always rise to the top of the list of priorities unless an organization encounters an unavoidable problem. Why is that? Hindsight will show any leader that, in fact, the best time to plan programs for improvement is when you don’t need them. Leadership development and executive education programs work […]

Although there are many advantages to running a family business – tight community connections and employee loyalty, to name a few – the challenges you are likely to face are unique. Emotions are always a factor, boundaries between work and home can easily become blurred, succession planning can be complicated, and drawing in and holding […]

Develop, Communicate and Execute a Clear Strategic Business Plan Strategic business planning defines the future of your business by specifying essential initiatives and the necessary people to make that future a reality. But planning is a wasted effort without action. Lack of consensus on process or method or the expected results within the senior management […]

Do you ever look around at younger employees and think – “when I was their age, I was killing myself to get attention from senior management!”? Where there was a line of people with ambition competing to reach the top first, many leaders now feel like the go-getters are… gone. But are they? It may […]

Employee activism is increasingly common, particularly from those most likely to become leaders within your firm. Activism across the spectrum of beliefs is part of who the younger generations are. As a result, what employees expect of their leaders is also evolving – EQ is often as important as IQ, for example. With all of […]

Each leader is gifted at something. It’s the way our brains work. Some of us are visionaries and innovators, while others are persistent problem solvers or organizational gurus. Each of us has a leadership superpower. However, what that superpower is, isn’t clear to everyone. When you discover and use it, though, your success will be […]

We talk a lot about how leaders can improve employee engagement and recognize hard work and motivation. But what about those who can’t or don’t want to disengage? The workaholics. In a survey published just before the COVID outbreak, 48% of American respondents considered themselves a workaholic. That same study revealed that respondents spent an […]

No matter what industry you are in, there are always roles that grab the glory. Typically these are filled by extroverted people who enjoy the attention and likely enjoy being acknowledged publicly for successes. But any healthy and fully functioning company also has pivotal players behind the scenes. Drawing out the best in the personalities […]