From the category archives:
“To Understand Follower-Ship, Leaders Need to Grasp
The Survival Benefits of Social Coordination”
I recently read an article, An Evolutionary View-What Followers Want from Their Leaders, that explains the three characteristics dating back to the ancient tribes that every follower needs from their leader.
Roughly two million years ago, the hunter-gather living style did not have formal leadership roles. With [...]
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I’ve had several conversations with VPs of Sales/Managers in the last few weeks, and it’s absurd to me how tolerant we are of mediocrity.
I recently spoke with a prospect (CEO) on the phone who was complaining about the lack of engagement with his Senior VP’s/Sales Managers. He said he had seven of them, but only [...]
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This is a series written to help leaders understand what derails them and their management team. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting the entire list of eleven derailers from the Hogan Assessment.
Derailer #1: Excitable
John was a VP of Sales for a large manufacturing company in Chicago. He had been with the firm for [...]
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Sometimes leadership can be so bad we are justified in calling it absurd. Such a thing happened to a good friend who accepted a job last year as marketing director for a not-for-profit.
He was doing great work–had actually created two joint ventures with outside companies that will create thousands of dollars for this non profit–AND–give [...]
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Plenty of studies indicate “self-awareness” is a key success factor for leaders. I saw this in action last week.
One of our clients is CEO of a medical service company. He’s a strong personality–yet keeps that in check when around his people. He has smart people around him–and he does not want to steamroll them.
What To [...]
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