In times of uncertainty, stress is inevitable. Lacking a reasonable level of confidence in future events and their outcomes possess significant challenges to devising strategies, making decisions, and taking decisive action--particularly when the risks are great. Taking no action at [...]
In these tumultuous times, it is not 'business as usual' and it likely will never be what it once was. So, what do we do? Specifically, what can leaders do to successfully navigate their organization thorough uncertainty and crisis? [...]
In this time of COVED-19 induced locked downs and shut-ins, working remotely has become a new normal. With remote workers comes the need for virtual leadership. The majority of research on remote leadership effectiveness is not encouraging. But one study [...]
According to Forbes (2017), “when a company has an innovative culture, it'll grow easily, despite the fact that the creative process isn't always simple.” An innovative culture requires innovators. But how do we identify them, and once identified, how do [...]
According to business expert Peter Drucker, "Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision." And courageous decisions are never needed more than during times of crisis. All crises have distinct features: they are time-sensitive, pose significant risks [...]
We all make mistakes. No matter the level of preparation, effort or experience, mistakes are going to happen. The differentiator between success and failure, however, isn’t necessarily the mistakes made as much as it is in how we deal [...]
With a raging global pandemic, a barrage of natural disasters and incendiary social issues boiling all around us, leaders today face unprecedented challenges. Those tied too closely to traditional ways of operating will be hampered in their search for success [...]
The search for the psychological factors contributing to our success, or failure, has been a lengthy pursuit stretching from the dawn of time. We want to embrace what will help us succeed and discard the baggage impeding progress. One of [...]
With the explosive growth of virtual teams, the question arises: ‘what can leaders do to maximize the performance of their virtual teams?’ A recently published study provides some helpful answers (Mysirlaki & Paraskeva, 2019). Data analysis from a survey [...]
With a pandemic running rampant and political turmoil at every turn, these are indeed difficult and uncertain times. The future is an unsettling unknown. Interestingly, research reveals that it in times like these people become either pessimistic or optimistic (Rigotti, [...]
The ability to make high-stakes decisions in times of crisis is a critical leadership skill. A research study examined the decision-making processes of successful crisis leaders to identify their decision-making traits (Oroszi, 2018). As any leader who has experienced a [...]
We studied experts’ perceptual capacities to identify factors they attend to in order to dominate their domains of expertise (Schempp & Woorons, 2018). Interestingly, we found little difference in the number of factors perceived between the novices and experts. Experts, [...]
Intuition is a learned skilled and not, as is commonly thought, an inherent ability. Intuition is formed from two factors: a) extensive experience in an environment and b) expansive knowledge of the people, events and artifacts that influence that environment. [...]
In an extensive study of 6 leading corporate executives, researchers discovered that they managed their responses to severe stress in such a way as to actually emerged from the experience invigorated and energized for peak performance. A key to preventing [...]
In this time of COVED-19 induced locked downs and shut-ins, working remotely has become a new normal. And with remote workers comes the need for remote leadership. The majority of research on remote leadership effectiveness is not encouraging. Physical presence [...]
