The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Employees across industries have become far more comfortable “moving on.” Why are those employees leaving, and what strategies can employers consider to keep them right where they are? The target of any effective employee retention initiative is top talent. Few would argue that we live in a dynamic world.

Attrition 52

Attrition Micromanagement Short-term Situational Leadership 52

Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Susan Fowler is a thought leader on discipline and self-leadership. She outlines how to rid yourself of failed motivational tactics and shares ways to go beyond discipline, willpower, and goal setting. “In a world crying out for effective leadership, I think we need to begin with an obvious source: ourselves.”

Motivation 84

Motivation Energy Learning-by-Doing Quality 84

Skip Prichard

APRIL 19, 2021

Leaders often struggle with creating a compelling vision, leaving it to chance or crafting lofty statements that mean little. That’s where Oleg Konovalov, business educator, consultant, coach, and a top global thinker on leadership wants to help. Having a vision is like looking at the present from the future’s standpoint.

Consensus 125

Consensus Learning-by-Doing Long-term Banking 125

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Kris Ansin is the executive director of Mali Health Organizing Proje ct - an amazing company increasing access to primary maternal and child healthcare in Mali. I have a passion for exploring the world’s corners – those places far away from a Wall St, Main St, or any another familiar boulevard. Delegation.

NGO 175

NGO Short-term Delegation Finance 175

Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 6, 2018

The trailer for Skyscraper looked like a cross between my favorite Christmas movie Die Hard and Liam Neeson’s Taken. Leaders face the unexpected: Will was leading an FBI team on a hostage rescue mission. Great leaders know they won’t be fully prepared for everything leadership will throw at them.

Leadership 141

Leadership Learning-by-Doing Team Resistance 141

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 17, 2017

More importantly, what can we do about it? After reading my book, “ Leadership Step by Step ”, Tanveer noted how New Year’s Day leads people to think about self-improvement and suggested relating it to my chapters on unwanted beliefs and changing them. Next, what do I mean by a belief and how can one be unwanted?

Self-aware 100

Self-aware Short-term Long-term Skills 100

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 26, 2014

Any human, in fact, any animal will tend to repeat behavior that is followed by positive reinforcement. The more successful we become, the more positive reinforcement we get – and the more likely we are to experience the success delusion. The older General laughed and continued, “Let me help you.

Succession 181

Succession Commitment Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 181

Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 23, 2010

Stereotypical, slick-talking, used car sales people Well-spoken financial manager The guy everyone loves who sells his wares on the golf course Whether you have positive thoughts and feelings about salespeople or decidedly un-positive, the purpose of this article is not to suggest or defend any of these images or thoughts.

Workshop 194

Workshop Influence Leadership Development Blog 194

HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

Sonia Cargan, Senior Vice President, Chief Colleague Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Talent Officer at American Express, talks exclusively to The HR Digest about how people-focused strategies have been the key to the giant’s success. We are committed to continuing to achieve pay equity going forward.

Diversity 69

Diversity Commitment Globalization Strategy 69

Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 25, 2018

Jeff Goldblum returns to the Jurassic World franchise once more as mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm. It looks like the world is trying to kill the dinosaurs once more. And the more humans try to intervene, the more trouble they are causing. As a leader, you have to be aware of how much power you wield.

Leadership 121

Leadership Bond Power Influence 121

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I’ll take it one step further – I can’t really think of any issue that should be argued or decided solely on the merits of diversity. The issues of diversity in business when handled properly can be catalysts for growth.

Diversity 296

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 296

Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 5, 2011

Knowledge workers can be defined as people who know more about what they are doing than their managers do. Many knowledge workers have years of education and experience in training for their positions, yet have almost no training in how to effectively influence decision makers. As a result they render themselves ineffectual”.

Influence 139

Influence Drucker Guidelines Ethics 139

Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 18, 2013

Why It Can Be So Hard for Successful Leaders to Change. Any human, in fact, any animal will tend to repeat behavior that is followed by positive reinforcement. The more successful we become, the more positive reinforcement we get – and the more likely we are to experience the success delusion: I behave this way.

Succession 107

Succession Commitment Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 107

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I’ve read that there are leaders and project managers who prefer not to collaborate, when engaging in an initiative, because of needs for control. How will we know we are working with the most relevant data set? How can a leader avoid prejudicing the process with her own biases? How can we increase participation?

Succession 50

Succession Consensus Resistance Proposal 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Asking the right questions can help business leaders to anticipate changes, seize opportunities, and move their organizations in new directions. But how you question is critical. With simple tweaks, the same questions can be used to engage people, rather than discourage them. What’s the problem?” Whose fault is it?”

Cooperrider 21

Cooperrider Consultative Short-term Proposal 21

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

A fellow business leader complained the other day that although he had repeatedly sought feedback, his team had never told him what they really thought about his management style. We've been friends for a long time, so I asked: "Do you want feedback so you can do something with it? My plate is full and my team knows that.".

Power 15

Power McTaggart Prahalad Hamel 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

” “Think hard about part-time. ” “Hire more help! .” ” “Hire more help!” get, even if it’s candid and well-intentioned, isn’t always helpful. get, even if it’s candid and well-intentioned, isn’t always helpful.

Stress 15

Stress Long-term Short-term Contingency Plans 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Asking the right questions can help business leaders to anticipate changes, seize opportunities, and move their organizations in new directions. But how you question is critical. With simple tweaks, the same questions can be used to engage people, rather than discourage them. What’s the problem?” Whose fault is it?”

Cooperrider 14

Cooperrider Consultative Short-term Proposal 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2016

My Wharton colleague Katy Milkman has conducted research on the “fresh start effect,” and it’s really real: January — or a birthday, anniversary, new month, or any personally meaningful marker of time — does actually create a stronger motivation to refresh yourself. After you take it — why not now?

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Skills Planning Motivation 8

The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 10, 2015

You can have a leadership title, yet have no influence. How influential are you? When you are an influential leader, your words and intentions flow into another’s unconscious mind without resistance. The BIG question is … How do you develop and increase your leadership influence? Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Influence 100

Influence Leadership How To Resistance 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Medicaid’s ever-shifting eligibility requirements would disrupt any efforts to treat patients for years at a time. Nonetheless, CareMore’s leaders decided to move ahead and launched a Medicaid care-delivery program in Memphis and Des Moines, serving 8,000 to 10,000 patients in each market. Hero Images/Getty Images.

Health Care 8

Health Care Metrics Cost Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2015

Navy admiral in charge of a fleet of aircraft carriers how he felt about collaborating with people through email, computers, smart phones, etc. You can’t see your hand in front of your face. He doesn’t have any depth perception. How tools are changing the way we manage, learn, and get things done.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Project Examples Tools 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

Sometimes we think (or we know) that the career we’d love would fill our days with more meaning but pay us less (significantly less, even). Those who know these three individuals would likely have characterized their careers as successful. anniepaddington/Getty Images. Dependable. To our way of life? To our way of life?

Career 12

Career Budgeting Short-term Planning 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

But how often do you cancel it due to what seems a more urgent work demand? Recent research from Boston University and Harvard Business School faculty shows that with the unrelenting pace and volume of work , setting and keeping boundaries has never been more challenging — or more important. “Is this normal?

Team 12

Team Conference Restructuring McKinsey 12