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Leadership Leader – April 2018
Barclay E. Berdan, CEO of Texas Health Resources, one of the nation’s largest faith-based, nonprofit health systems at 24K employees and $4.5B in revenue. Normally a calm man and methodical leader, imagine his surprise when just after assuming this role he was found...
Imposters Among Us… and What To Do With Them
Seems like I’ve talked to an awful lot of imposters lately. Run of the mill people, important people, people who used to work for me, and people I’ve worked for. We laughed at “not getting found out” as our careers progressed up the ladder, feeling like we were faking...
The Real Meaning of Leadership
— It’s not a title, office or salary… I originally told this story several years ago, more from a motivate-to-perform angle. As I’m sitting at my desk thinking, it actually distills leadership behavior into a single emotion. Be forewarned, this is a bit sappier than...
Rippin’ Good Feedback!
— It’s not just the words… WARNING: Colorful metaphors, including PG-13 language follows. Don’t read if easily offended since, generally, I try so very hard to never offend…! So, I’ve got this client… (as my friends know, most of my really good stories start this...
EQ as a superpower
Why know what your EQ is if you don’t use it? It’s been 20 years since Daniel Goldman’s book “Emotional Intelligence” was published, and interest in the subject doesn’t seem to be losing steam. There are volumes of research that link social and emotional abilities to...
Delegate Your Way Out of the Trenches
Leaders have got to get better at delegating! Intentional leadership takes time, and there are already plenty of demands on the 24 hours we have. Our jobs certainly aren’t getting easier, and I’m betting that most of your day isn’t consumed by core leadership tasks...
Give it to me STRAIGHT!
As leaders, we need data and information to make sound decisions. Without them, we are but knee-jerk reactionaries, our direction and focus more resembling a weather vane in the wind than the rock-solid vision necessary for leading others. So, as we start this new...
Shut up, sit down, and color…
Human Resources is not a day care. As such, conflict resolution should only be a part of our accountabilities as it relates to making the business successful. In other words, we aren’t resolving conflict merely to create some kumbaya-looking harmonious state; we...
Leadership Laws: #1
In this and 4 subsequent blog entries, I”m expanding on the “5 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership” I outlined in a recent article. This first law is based on decision-making; one of the most significant things we must do, as leaders, is to make decisions. Some will be...
2017 Survey of Senior Leadership (SSL)
>We just completed the survey in late November 2017. Not too many surprises from other years, or from our general expectations. Some of the results can act as a decent reminder for us all. Specifically: The top five business challenges began with Operating Cost...
Leaders & Laggards for 2017
When we reviewed the 2017 Leaders and Laggards "Naughty & Nice" list last month, we thought we'd see how our winners and losers are poised to make a splash in 2018. These three represent the best... and the worst: Leadership Leader Our leadership Leader for 2017...
Breakthrough Innovation Through Diversity and Inclusion Leadership
Written by Simma Liberman, The Inclusionist Creating inclusive workplaces where people love to do their best work and customers love to do business. According to findings of the Center for Talent Innovation “The engine for serial innovation is a diverse workforce...
Free Leadership Development — Please, don’t tell my wife I’m doing this
Yes, leadership development can cost money. Most of us believe the returns are well worth it, and I’ve had the professional pleasure of working with many of you in improving the skills and behaviors in your leadership staffs. Plus I do this stuff for a living, and I...
