Category: Leadership

“Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!” Are You Prepared to Lead in a Crisis?

When the world is falling apart around you, do you have the leadership tools and skills to keep it together? These principles of leadership in a crisis situation will help you navigate from crisis preparation to post-crisis recovery.

What is the Best Leadership Style? It Depends!

Leadership styles are like a set of tools, designed for a specific set of circumstances. Of the myriads of tools available, here are three of the most important leadership styles, with some practical considerations on the appropriate situation for each style.

What Can Monkeys Teach Us About Leadership and Fairness?

Everyone agrees that a good leader should be fair and just…and even monkeys understand the concept. But what is “fair and just”? Living the Golden Rule, avoiding double standards, and following some standard criteria for decision making will help us develop the leadership trait of fairness and justness.

7 Critical Principles for Setting Goals…and 10 Ways to Achieve Them

Setting goals can be the first step of turning dreams into reality. We’ll see more success when we set the right goals properly and use these principles to achieve them.

The Tao of Leadership 孫子 领导法

Leadership is a matter of ☯ intelligence ☯ trustworthiness ☯ humaneness ☯ courage ☯ discipline                         – Sun Zi (Sun Tzu) Art of War Reliance on intelligence alone results in rebelliousness. Exercise of humaneness alone results in weakness. Fixation on trust results in folly. Dependence

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Have You Written Your Personal Purpose Statement?

Many of us work for companies that display their mission statement or vision…so why shouldn’t we articulate our own purpose to give us direction and increase our success?

If it ain’t broke….Anticipate it breakin’!

We can’t shrink from looking below the surface just because we’re too lazy or too afraid to find something we don’t like. When things are going well is exactly the time to anticipate our future.

The Chemistry Between Us: Roles of Hormones in Leadership, Trust, and Well-Being

Understanding the invisible biochemical processes going on inside ourselves and others helps us explain the visible behaviors that affect teamwork and productivity. We can also take steps to positively influence biofeedback loops.