Lead on Purpose
MAY 5, 2012
According to business leadership gurus Tim Elmore and Glenn Llopis , it needs to be a term we associate more with our careers and work life. Whatever they are, when discovered and pursued, these interests can help lead workers to a fulfilling career. Is Passion Even Part of the Preparation? Passion and Leadership.
Eric Jacobson
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The sooner we accept that fact, the happier we will be, and construct a life built upon a commitment to perpetual growth – and burning more boats! And time spent prematurely cultivating buy-in and fostering consensus just amounts to energy leakage. That works for mundane undertakings, but birthing exceptionalism is a lonely endeavor.
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Leading Blog
MARCH 27, 2023
Some may want to pursue a career separate from the family enterprise, while some who join the family business may feel an extra level of intensity around performance expectations. Family members give and receive feedback openly and constructively. It’s normal for young adults to wish to forge their own paths during this stage.
LDRLB
APRIL 21, 2014
How do you construct all that relationship, and also what kinds of career trajectories they have when they join you, what kind of promise, or actually, what kind of threats are you putting forward with, for example, requiring a non-compete. That can be, I think, really demotivating.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 21, 2011
Throughout my career, I have consistently faced the question, "How does HR add value in a business?" Early in my career I was fortunate to help a large manufacturer and distributor of construction and agricultural equipment change the way it went to market in North America. In many cases, this question is not asked politely.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 2, 2017
But collaboration is not consensus. Too often, people will try to collaborate on everything, and wind up in endless meetings, debating ideas and struggling to find consensus. Collaboration is not a style. Many people naively see collaboration as a leadership style in which relationships take precedence over the task at hand.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 19, 2018
Even though self-awareness — knowing who we are and how we’re seen — is important for job performance , career success , and leadership effectiveness , it’s in remarkably short supply in today’s workplace. Typically, if someone is unaware, there’s a consensus about their behavior (i.e.,
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