Leadership Communication Styles

Changing your organization's status quo starts with conversations.

What is the primary condition thwarting people from being powerful leaders? For anyone with a commitment to be a leader, the question of ‘What is…

The largest department store in the USA is Kohl’s. Founded in 1962, the chain has more than 1,100 stores and 85,000 employees. The company was…

In this 7th installment of our 12-part series on the characteristics of breakthrough performance, we examine the importance of completing the past. Why would high-performing…

In team meetings across the world, the first few weeks of the year consisted of updates on 2020 goals and to design plans to fulfill…

On a daily basis, any executive receives hundreds of emails, phone calls by the dozens and a good amount of text messages. Oh, and this…

No company expects to lose more than $120 million in revenue when it completes an ERP installation or a major systems upgrade. It happened to a…

Six times each year I chair a day-long CEO forum. CEO’s from different industries collectively work on a specific issue – we call these issues…

‘Under promise and over deliver’ has long been a familiar phrase in business. The premise being that it is better to exceed expectations than to set…

Want higher employee engagement? Stop talking about employee engagement. The argument about the importance of employee engagement is over. While there is certainly a continuum…

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides. (Rita Mae Brown, Starting From Scratch)   Transformational leaders utilize this “hidden power” of language…

In Part 5 of our 12-part series on the qualities of high-performing teams we examine the difference between problems and breakdowns, and how to lead…