Whether an entrepreneur, manager, or executive, there are several common leadership styles that people rely on according to the needs of the business, the economic cycle, and the goals they seek not to mention the needs of the people they are leading. There are five...
Leadership – the quality of influencing people to achieve specific long term goals. Management – the discipline of overseeing and organizing day-to-day operations. For a business to be successful there needs to be both leadership and management. Neither competency is...
When it comes to team building, the best books are those that focus on the team itself. However, one of the most effective ways to create a cohesive team is continuous work on the keys to effective leadership: communication, delegation, motivation, recruiting,...
If you have been in the workforce for even a moderate amount of time, you likely have an opinion based on a real-life experience of what feedback may sound like when it’s done for show rather than to grow. If I had to guess, it may have been a boss who asked for...
For those of you who have read Dan Pink’s book, Drive, you will recall that he purports that the three elements of motivation are autonomy, mastery, and purpose. I suggest that those are all elements of successful empowerment, as well. However, without customization...
