By Andrea Gordon. To be successful in today’s market, team members need to step up and be ready to take a leadership role. It is not easy to develop leadership skills in others, however, so it’s very important to understand that some people do not share your goals and aspirations. 1.    Challenge – Issue a challenge. MORE >>

In my last post I referred to Steve Hsu’s (on Twitter @hsu_steve ) post on credentials and elite performance.   ”) or the fund made money. Whether or not the advice received from a law/consulting/M&A firm is any good is much more nebulous and, well, soft. Filed under: PMO Tagged: failure , Performance Management , Steve Hsu. MORE >>

Most companies are asking employees to do more with less. These demands may produce positive results in the short term, but they are not sustainable in the long term. Organizations can do more with less simply by not leaving so much untapped performance on the table.” Fixing engagement means dealing with the frustration of thwarted employees. MORE >>

With only two Tuesdays left in 2011, and thus only two more editions of Leadership Chat on Twitter this year, Steve Woodruff and I have chosen to focus tomorrow night’s Chat on looking back at leadership lessons of 2011, and next Tuesday’s on looking forward to our vision for leadership in 2012. Empowerment in Leadership. Thank you! MORE >>

By Kaity Nakagoshi. Change is inevitable and so is the resistance to change. People are often not welcoming of change unless it is implemented by leadership correctly. It’s natural that people become complacent with the status quo and perform rote tasks without giving their actions much thought. Toyota Case Study. The president of the U.S. Train. MORE >>