What if corporate restructuring were more than a slash and burn? What if it appealed to hope instead of fear? What if it not only promised, but actually delivered, a stronger company and a better place to work?
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Here’s a short but useful list from a recent post in Forbes about the differentiators of great leaders from the rest of us:
Source: 12 Significant Ways That Great Leaders Are Different From the Rest of Us | Inc.com
What would you add to this list? I’d love to hear your comments about the really great leaders you have known and experienced.
When emotional intelligence first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time. This anomaly threw a massive wrench into what many people had always assumed was the sole source of success—IQ.
Source: Why You Need Emotional Intelligence | Dr. Travis Bradberry | Pulse | LinkedIn
Having trouble coaching an employee? Read these seven warning signals to see if they are actually coachable.
Every organization needs strategic thinkers. In a 2013 Management Research Group survey, when executives were asked to select the leadership behaviors that were most critical to their organization’s future success, 97% of the time they chose being strategic.
What they found…give them a real problem to solve.
Source: 6 Ways to Screen Job Candidates for Strategic Thinking
According to Kevin Kniffin, Ph.D, a professor and researcher at Cornell:
“To increase cooperation, teams could regularly play happy music during meetings or brainstorming sessions, a simpler and cost-effective alternative to traditional team-building exercises and off-site retreats. Although there’s more research to be done, music represents a potentially valuable and inexpensive channel for improving performance in environments where cooperation is prized.”
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After more than a decade of effort, American businesses still have not figured out how to successfully motivate, inspire – and keep – millennial workers.
According to a new and comprehensive Gallup study, employees 20 to 36 years old are the least engaged generation in the workplace by far. On top of that, 21 percent quit their jobs last year, and 60 percent say they’re floating their resumés right now!
Source: Millennials Don’t Want Fun; They Want You To Lead Better | Mark C. Crowley | Pulse | LinkedIn
Research has shown that as individuals, we possess a negativity bias. Simply put, our fear of losing is greater than our thrill of winning. Obviously, this negativity bias is a great deterrent to organizational change.
What can CEOs can do to overcome this?
Source: How Loss Aversion and Conformity Threaten Organizational Change
Two groups – workers and CFOs – were asked the question: “Which of these are the most important attributes in a corporate leader?” Their responses had substantive differences, but also a key similarity.
Source: The Most Important Leadership Attribute? New Study Has Clear Answer
Even in the startup world, where a talent gap means tech employees are in high demand, a solid resume is no guarantee of employment. Why? Because personality, cultural fit, and first impressions matter. The interview is your first and possibly only opportunity to stand out. It’s your chance to show an employer all the virtues that differentiate you.
Source: What I Look for in Candidates Interviewing at My Startup