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Learning What Leadership Is NOT

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Dianna Booher |
Small Business - Self Governance - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management |
Tue, 11/15/2016 - 23:34

Leadership has been the tip of everyone’s tongue of the last decade. From convention keynoters, to coaches, to political pundits, everyone insists they want a cadre of leaders to carry out their mission.

So for all the talk, techniques, training, and tips on the leadership topic, you’d think managers, executives, and professionals at all levels would have the concept down pat by now. Not so. A few are still off track.

Leadership Defined: It’s NOT a Position

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Leader, Be Brief or Be Dismissed

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Dianna Booher |
Self Governance - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management - Sales |
Fri, 10/14/2016 - 08:24

Leaders think strategically, understand the critical link between focus and clarity, and appreciate the value of time. So fewer and fewer are inclined to let others waste their time. Brevity has become a basic communication skill for professionals.

Here are six best practices as a leader:

Be brief when speaking off-the-cuff. Lectures are for the classroom. Make your point and move on.

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5 Reasons Employees Don't Communicate Upward in Your Organization

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Dianna Booher |
Strategy - Small Business - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management |
Tue, 09/13/2016 - 00:09

Both the CFO and the CEO stuck their hand into the air as I concluded my keynote and called for questions. “Why don’t employees communicate up in an organization?” There was a little more than a twinge of frustration in the CEO’s question. The CFO added his nod of dismay.

It’s a common conundrum in the C-suite—even from the brightest leaders in the boardroom. The issue deserves serious thought because when downward communication dominates, problems go unresolved and innovation stalls.

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Small Steps to Create a Culture of Constant Growth

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Guest Blogger |
Small Business - Entrepreneurship - Management |
Fri, 08/26/2016 - 22:03

Shawn Hunter, President & Founder, Mindscaling

What are you thinking about when you are thinking about obligation? What are you thinking about when you are thinking about the things you have to do?

Now, what are you thinking about when you are thinking about opportunity? What are you thinking about when you are thinking about the things you get to do?

The difference between these two things is the difference between indifference and energy, power, creativity and excellence. And it’s all in your mind, in how you see the world.

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Are You Tough Enough to Cross the Rubicon?

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Linda Henman |
Small Business - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management |
Sat, 08/13/2016 - 00:42

During the Roman republic, the river Rubicon marked the boundary between the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul to the north-east and Italy proper to the south. The river distinguished not only the geographic boundaries for the province but also the military restrictions for governors and magistrates. Therefore, rulers required generals to disband their armies before entering Italy, and if a general entered Italy while exercising command of an army, both the general and his soldiers became outlaws who automatically faced death.