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November 2018 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the November Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, customer service, development, engagement, and more. Steve Digioia of Steve Digioia provided Leadership Series: Ron Kaufman. Communication.

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An Effective Business Review Meeting?

N2Growth Blog

Another common complaint about Business Review Meetings is that nearly always the time gets hijacked with discussions on day-to-day operating or tactical issues, especially when we have a room full of engineers turned managers; they quickly dive down into trying to fix the problem right then.

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Is Charisma Innate, Or Can You Learn It?

Center for Creative Leadership

I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. She was respected by colleagues and employees, and over time had become the right-hand assistant to the CFO. No one turned a head. What can be done?

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Even “bad” cultures get some things right

Surviving Leadership

Whether or not you think Netflix is a company you want to emulate (and there are those who question some of their tactics ), Powerful outlines some very relevant points about how to be intentional about the organization your building – from the culture to employee engagement. All hope is not lost, though.

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Developing The CEO Within You.

Rich Gee Group

Based upon many hours of advisory with C-Level clients, here are the two major tenets that bubble to the top: IQ – Intelligence Quotient (or Tactical Intelligence) You have to have the chops, the intellect, the experience, and knowledge to make it through the first hurdle. What are some of the techniques used? It’s that simple.

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The Heart of Sales | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

Unfortunately, with the focus on profit, solution placement, timelines, and commissions, the potential for true servant-leadership has been overlooked. Indeed, it’s possible to make money AND make nice. She then presents the same situation using Buying Facilitation ®. The result?

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Bed Bath & Beyond’s Persistent Coupons Would Work Better with More Hurdles

Harvard Business Review

When a company is losing sales because of price, its overwhelmed leadership might try to resolve the problem with one big price cut—but that strategy is a mistake. Depending on the level of competition, hurdles can be used as a defensive or offensive pricing tactic. in the most recent quarter.