The 6 characteristics of a good leader
Arti Khanna combines more than 23 years of technology and business experience in communications to look at emerging trends and incubate new initiatives in communications and applied verticals. I have...
View ArticleSpotlight on Association Leadership: Critical skills you'll need to prepare...
This guest post is by Shelly Alcorn, CAE, an association-management consultant. Reach her on Twitter @shellyalcorn, on LinkedIn or at the Association Subculture Blog. This is the first in a series of...
View ArticleSpotlight on Association Leadership: 3 invaluable skills to learn by 2020
This guest post is by Shelly Alcorn, CAE, an association-management consultant. Reach her on Twitter @shellyalcorn, on LinkedIn or at the Association Subculture Blog. This is the second in a series of...
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How thinking like a child can help any leader achieve more goals
Becky Robinson is the director of social marketing for The Kevin Eikenberry Group and the owner and chief influence officer of 12 Minute Media. Follow Robinson on Twitter @beckyrbnsn, or read more of...
View ArticleSpotlight on Association Leadership: 4 critical skills to develop before 2020
This guest post is by Shelly Alcorn, CAE, an association-management consultant. Reach her on Twitter @shellyalcorn, on LinkedIn or at the Association Subculture Blog. This is the final post in a series...
View ArticleIdeal leaders possess more than just competencies
Many organizations have something they call “leadership competencies” that are a set of key behaviors for their leaders. These are traits that organizational leaders are expected to aspire to (and take...
View ArticleWhen guilt in leaders is a good thing
When we think of the ideal leader, we tend to think of a standard set of traits: extroverted, decisive, intelligent and even tall. Here’s one more we may have to add to the list: guilt prone. Stanford...
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Q-and-A with Michael O’Malley and William Baker, authors of “Every Leader Is...
Michael O’Malley and William Baker are the co-authors of “Every Leader Is An Artist,” which proposes a template of baseline leadership qualities and shows just how interconnected they are with the...
View ArticleIron Man for CEO?
I just saw “Iron Man 3″ with my family, and it was a good time. Bad guys. Good guys. Destruction. Even humble pie big enough to go around. As I enjoyed the pyrotechnics and good-guy triumph, however, I...
View ArticleIt’s the small things that make a leader great
How unfortunate that our popular ideas of what a good leader should be are so often grandiose. Through current media, television and movies, we expect perfection; a leader is strong, fearless and...
View ArticleLeadership lessons from social media
Leadership lessons from the online world extend beyond the content. Learn as much from watching what bloggers do, as what they say. 1. Say what matters: In social media, people say what they mean. Be...
View ArticleThe big question: What does it takes to lead?
People often ask me, “What are the essential attributes of leadership?” It’s a big question — but let me borrow from something I heard from Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” He said a...
View ArticleWhat one trait do you think predicts a startup leader’s success?
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council, an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a...
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What is the most important trait a leader must cultivate?
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council, an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a...
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Why and how leaders are different
Mark Miller is vice president of organizational effectiveness for Chick-fil-A and the author of “The Heart of Leadership: Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow” (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, October...
View ArticleAre you caught in the results trap?
If you produce excellent results but don’t feel like you’re moving up the leadership ladder (or around the jungle gym) fast enough, take a look to see if your excellent work is holding you back. Here’s...
View ArticleIs your leadership presence a true reflection of who you really are?
How do others experience you as a leader? According to psychologist Kathryn Cramer, every leader has a “signature presence,” a set of leadership assets that are as unique as your handwritten signature....
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Smart leadership: Where everyone is a leader
This post is an excerpt from “The Next Gen Leader: Cutting Edge Strategies to Make You the leader You Were Born to Be!” by Robert C. McMillan, a transformationalist and a leadership coach and executive...
View ArticleBad leadership and management advice you should run away from
There’s a LOT of advice out there on leadership and management — almost as much as you’ll find on dating, careers, and how to raise your kids. Actually, most of it’s pretty good, or at least not bad. I...
View ArticleLeaders: Expand your strengths-based leadership zone
I love the strengths-based leadership approach. It challenges us to know what our natural gifts are and build on them. But if we’re not careful it can make us blind to our opportunities to improve. I...
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