Tag: leadership

Improving Actual Communication with Virtual Teams

As a manager, communicating with your team is a top priority and yesterday we reviewed simple tactics for ensuring your staff is well informed. But what happens when you’re supervising virtual team members? Maintaining great relationships with these people takes a little extra – and different – effort.

Active listening allows you to hear what is being said

by Dan Oswald When I was in elementary school, it wasn’t unusual for my report card to come home with a note from the teacher at the bottom that read something like, “Danny is well-behaved, but he must learn not to talk so much in class.” I somehow escaped the “Danny” moniker by middle school, […]

Study Finds Fewer Women on the Path to Leadership Roles

McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.Org have released Women in the Workplace 2016, a comprehensive annual study of the state of women in corporate America. The study finds that women fall behind early and face ever-greater challenges the more senior they become. Women are less likely to receive the first critical promotion to manager—so far fewer […]

Communicating with Your Team is Priority One

As a manager, you receive considerable information about what is happening at your company and use that information to get your job done. But what about your staff? Do they have the information they need to be successful at their jobs?

Preventing Change Fatigue

By Kelli Hinshaw In yesterday’s Advisor, guest columnist Kelli Hinshaw, vice president of strategic development for Reality-Based Leadership, provided thoughts on proper change management. Today, Hinshaw has more tips for leaders looking to make their company thrive in times of transition.

Times Are A-Changin’ … Is Your Business Ready?

By Kelli Hinshaw Change management and business readiness in the face of such changes are a perpetual challenge for leaders. It requires a unique mindset in order to thrive during these times, and today we have insight on the subject from Kelli Hinshaw, vice president of strategic development for Reality-Based Leadership.

Creating a Living, Breathing Ethics Audit

Yesterday’s Leadership Daily Advisor examined how the C-suite sets the tone for an effective, ironclad ethics rulebook. Today we offer three more themes to give your ethics strategy a checkup.

Wells Fargo scandal shows serious lack of effective leadership

by Dan Oswald President Harry S. Truman famously had a plaque on his desk that read, “The buck stops here.” It was a reminder to himself that he couldn’t pass responsibility for the way the country was governed. Ultimately, he was responsible. Responsibility comes with leadership. If you’re in a position of authority, you’re accountable […]