[September 25, 2013] If employees enjoy coming to work and customers are pleased with your product and services, then you have a positive organizational culture. A positive, healthy culture is the basis for improving your organization’s competitive edge. The most senior executive leaders have the responsibility to drive their organizational culture in a positive direction. While this is… Read More »
[September 23, 2013] As noted before (Characteristic #11), senior executive leaders provide value to other leaders in a variety of ways. One way to do this is to articulate those things that you see as elements for a successful junior leader (the “66 essentials”). Another way is to ensure that there is a functioning and effective mentorship program… Read More »
[September 23, 2013] 66 Essentials to be a Successful Junior Leader. Senior executive leaders provide value to other leaders in a variety of ways. Be available to teach, coach, and mentor those leaders working for you. One way to do this is to articulate those things that you see as elements for a successful junior leader. Future blog… Read More »
[September 22, 2013] The Right Honorable Baroness Margaret Hilda Thatcher, a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. A Soviet journalist once called her the “Iron Lady”, a nickname that became associated with her leadership style. When she became leader of the Conservative Party in 1975, Britain was on the… Read More »
[September 19, 2013] Senior executive leaders recognize that values1 held by people will be one of the factors that determine the success or failure of that employee and of that organization. In today’s work environment, it is no longer politically correct to enquire about personal values. This is unfortunate because there are values that directly contribute to a… Read More »
[September 17, 2013] This afternoon, I’ll be adding two books that I found interesting: How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life. John C. Maxwell. In Maxwell’s 2009 book, he says “Good thinkers are in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his… Read More »
[September 17, 2013] Known as the Battle of Antietam (or alternatively as the Battle of Sharpsburg), this was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with 22,717 dead, wounded, and missing on both sides combined. The Battle of Antietam ended the… Read More »
[September 15, 2013] As part of this blog’s profiles in senior executive leadership, the first great leader will be an obvious choice: General Douglas MacArthur. William Manchester writes of General MacArthur that: He was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble, and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men and the worst of… Read More »
[September 14, 2013] If there had to be one common characteristic of all leaders, basic to senior executive, honesty would be it. “The buck stops here” is a phrase that was popularized by President Harry Truman, who kept a sign with that phrase on his desk at the White House. The phrase refers to the fact that the… Read More »
[September 9, 2013] A fundamental attribute of the senior executive leader is the ability to build trust and confidence in the people who work for us, supervisors, peers and associates, and clients. Building and management of that trust and confidence ranks as one of the top factors to achieve and sustain high levels of organizational strength. It is… Read More »