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Leadership Styles

Leadership – Successful People are not Necessarily Good Leaders

Mark Shead asked: Many people assume that if someone is successful it is because they have good leadership skills. Some people assume that if a business is successful it is because it has good leaders. Leadership isn’t something that is particularly easy to pass on to other people. Sometimes a company is successful because a […]

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Defining Leadership

Strategic Leadership Focuses Your Strategic Planning

Donna Price asked: Strategic planning and strategic leadership styles vary just as the employees and owners of companies involved in the planning process differ. Visit local bookstores or check on line to see hundreds of books claiming to have the secrets to a successful business and easy strategic planning. Technology and the Internet has forced […]

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Conflict Resolution

Addressing Organizational Conflict

Greg Giesen asked: All too often organizations cry out for what I call the quick fix. You know the scenario: two employees not getting along, probably personality differences, not real receptive to previous internal interventions, etc., so the organization decides to bring in outside help to fix the problem. Sound familiar? I call it the […]