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Tag: Leadership

  • 76% of CEOs Value Relationship with HR

    I was reading a white paper recently that touched on the role between HR and the CEO, and it was something I have experienced personally and never took the time to put into words. This relationship is highly strategic, as I write about in this post on HR being the CEO’s trusted advisor. There are a few…

  • Are Senior Leaders the Worst Leaders?

    Today we’re going to look at leadership, how it can fail, and how it can succeed. When we look at the leaders at the top of the organizational chart, we usually don’t think of them as the worst leadership examples in the organization. However, recent data has shown that to be the case. The research,…

  • A Tribute to Great Managers

    Sometimes you’ll run across articles that discuss managing vs. leadership, and the gist of many is that you don’t need managers if you have great leaders. I don’t know if I believe that. See, I’m one of those people with a strong entrepreneurial spirit, and I really don’t like having a boss. I like figuring…

  • Talent Leadership (Book Review)

    Talent Leadership book by John Mattone “Talent leadership” seems like the most broad category you can possibly imagine. I couldn’t stop the thought from entering my mind; however, less than ten pages into this book I realized that it was not going to be what I expected. This thing is full of highly detailed, hands-on…

  • Everybody’s Business (Book Review)

    Everybody’s Business by Dr. Marta Wilson Engagement is hard. If it was easy, there wouldn’t be dozens of books, webinars, and consultants on the subject. In the book Everybody’s Business: Engaging Your Total Enterprise to Boost Quality, Speed, Savings, and Innovation, the author takes us through some of the concepts and strategies for engaging employees…

  • Business Boot Camp (Book Review)

    Business Boot Camp: Management and Leadership Fundamentals That Will See You Successfully Through Your Career Most of you know that I transitioned into a more formal leadership-type role last year. That brought about multiple changes that are still affecting me today: I’m more aware of my role as a leader and what it means to…

  • The Titleless Leader (Book Review)

    The Titleless Leader: How to Get Things Done When You’re Not in Charge by Nan Russell I’m in a unique position. Due to the importance of my role (hey, HR is important, right?), I’m a member of the leadership team where I work; however, I don’t have anyone who directly reports to me, which makes some…