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 [...]
There are four keys to a positive and productive mentoring experience. To create a conducive, fertile and successful environment the following principles must shape the experience: Establish a safe atmosphere. For a mentoring relationship to provide maximum benefit and satisfaction [...]
Success in business and life is heavily dependent on your reputation (Zinko & Rubin, 2015). Not only is your reputation firmly linked to career advancement, but your professional influence and independence as well. Given its’ importance, understanding how to establish [...]
Surviving trying and tumultuous times demands good leadership. Clearly, the world is in that state now and leaders are desperately needed to navigate our world’s way to safer shores. We look to leaders to step up to do their part [...]
Research confirms having a good mentor is essential to success as a leader (Lester, et al., 2011). A trusted, experienced mentor can bolster an aspiring leader’s belief in their ability to lead, provide the guidance and feedback necessary to acquire [...]
