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How leaders seek the best in others?

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership When you are a leader, you are working with people. How you view people would have the greatest leadership impact on your careers as a leader. But leadership is a team sport. Connect with Tal on Twitter @tshnall and his leadership/teamwork blog Leadership Cafe.

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3 Ways to Break Out of a Zero-Sum Game of Growth with Your Competitors

Leading Blog

According to this article from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 42-63% of established hotels probably would not have taken the rooms that AirBnB gained in the lodging business. However, the overall profitability of the hotel industry went down 3.7% AirBnB did not take market share directly from established chains.

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Building Trust Through Behavioral Integrity

Great Leadership By Dan

In that piece, he described his team’s efforts to examine a specific hypothesis (“Employee commitment drives customer service”) in the US operations of a major hotel chain. which translated into $250K for each hotel! Tony Simons’ powerful article, “ The High Cost of Lost Trust ,” appeared in the Harvard Business Review in 2002.

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Are You Struggling to Lead Change? Try This

Frank Sonnenberg Online

This post is an excerpt from his excellent, internationally bestselling book CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP. For each of our various stops along the way, we reserved a room at a Howard Johnson hotel. We knew that all across the country these hotels were decorated with exactly the same wall colors, lamps, and bedspreads.

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10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program

Great Leadership By Dan

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Here are 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program: 1. Start with a solid research foundation.

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Loosening the Reins: Why It’s Important To Pass the Leadership Torch

Terry Starbucker

I’d been at my leadership role for 6 years. We had worked hard to get our operations in order and build a great team. The fact was, I was getting more comfortable with being more detached from the day-to-day operating decisions. You’re already the SVP of Operations. It was time. What can I be promoted to?

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So What Makes You Think You Can Be A Leader?

Terry Starbucker

“Would you be interested in the chief operating job for a cable company with 400,000 customers?&#. I managed several jobs, and oversaw 5-10 staff accountants, but that was the extent of my leadership experience. So as I rode up to the CEO’s hotel that morning, I had more questions than answers in my head.

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