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Are You Guilty of Misjudging? The fact is that we make judgments every day. We judge places, things, situations and yes, we judge people. When used properly, judging can be very effective in assessments. We can use information, experiences, and situations to make an informed decision. Leaders may have to judge a particular situation to …
Have you ever notice that some people don’t like to ask questions? It’s understandable when those questions are personal. You don’t want to offend anyone. However, most people will give answers to questions asked of them. So why are we so afraid to ask? When you ask questions, you have the necessary tools to become …
Although many have thrown around the term, “committed to excellence”, do we really understand what it means? Aristotle had a novel description of excellence. Here’s the full quote…” Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we …
As a leader, it is inevitable that you will have to make an ethical decision. It is imperative that you have reconciled your own system to use to make ethical decisions where there are conflicting moral issues.
Take Responsibility For Your Mistakes When you make a mistake (and you will because you’re only human), promptly admit it, fix it and move on. What a waste of resources used to figure out what happened when someone knows but is unwilling to say. That time can be better utilized by resolving the problem. And, …
As more companies use collaboration to manage teams, leaders should become aware of groupthink. Groupthink is the mindless compliance of group members to avoid the potential of negative views within the group. Groupthink presents challenges to mental efficiency, reality testing and ethics (Kinicki & Kreitner, 2009). Groupthink is dysfunctional because members of the team try to be unanimous in thought. The …
Freedom Principle #2: You’ll Never Succeed Alone: Share Your Vision The major role of senior leaders is to create a strategic vision that conveys the future of the organization. Top leaders are also tasked with directing efforts to achieve the company’s mission. One of the challenges you face as leader is implementing the necessary changes to …
The concept of winning is all around us. There’s political races, athletic competitions, contests, academic contests, cooking contests, eating contests. You name it. And in these contests, there’s always a winner. In the workplace, many consider themselves winners when they achieve the title. For others, it’s the money and for another it’s power. But what …
Research suggests that women are perceived to possess support skills while lacking strategic skills such as vision. These stereotypes are the epitome of the Think Crisis, Think Female” Association and the Glass Cliff Phenomenon in which females have leadership qualities associated with failing companies and are more likely hired to lead organizations in precarious situations. These special …
For over 40 years, much research has been conducted to explain the lack of women leaders in the executive management (C-suite) positions at Fortune 500 companies. Many theories abound as reasons why women are underrepresented in top leadership positions as are numerous suggestions on how to tackle the problem. Despite decades of extensive research, proposed …
