By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. Leadership and storytelling go hand-in-hand. In fact, leaders who lack the ability to leverage the power and influence of storytelling are missing the very essence of what accounts for compelling leadership to begin with – the story. If refer to story as an art form because it is. Thoughts? MORE >>

Communicate the importance of attendance, participation, and punctuality. If key staff members don’t show up, cancel the meeting. If their absence has been approved in advance, have them delegate their decision-making responsibility to someone else in the meeting. Stick to the agenda. Remain neutral. Encourage those who haven’t spoken to speak. MORE >>

Here is a problem – a big problem – in the high-tech, digital world we all function in.  E-mail, and other forms of digital communication, have trumped conversation. And that is a mistake. So, recently, I ran across this phrase, which is attributed to Peter Block: “Connection before content.” Notice the wording:  not “connection instead [.]. MORE >>

photo credit: avlxyz Once in a while, I run across an article that uses the word “forums” or the term “online community” in a weird, misleading way. What disappoints me most is when someone does this when they are claiming to have expertise in this space – they have community in their job title, they [.]. MORE >>

Few things are more dissatisfying and unfulfilling as adapting your inner compass to others. If you don’t know who you are you’ll become someone else. You’ve accepted your own inner compass when you lose the need to defend it. The demands of leadership, however, call leaders to find and listen to wise advice – to learn [.]. MORE >>