Whitepapers

In our work developing and coaching executives, we often hear about emerging leaders counseled to "be more strategic" to further their careers. While surely well-intentioned, that advice is at best ambiguous and at worst unhelpful: not only is it not clear what "be more strategic" actually means, it's also not clear how to put the guidance into practice. Most leaders understand…

Everyone finds success differently, whether it’s by pulling bootstraps a little tighter or knowing the right people at the right time. In my case, I found success only after doing something I typically dread: networking. But after moving to a new city—where I knew no one, and no one knew me—I didn’t really have a choice. If I wanted to get somewhere, connecting with people…

Discover why hard work beats talent and why it’s the sustaining factor that will push you to the top of the heap and keep you there!   Talent is the natural ability or capacity to perform a function. When you possess talent in a given area, you are gifted with the “knack” or “instinct” needed to perform a skill or display a specific quality. But this only means…

A critical task for leaders is to ensure that their followers are working efficiently toward the organization’s goals. In business, employees whose work is aligned with the organization’s objectives are more productive. So-called “performance management processes” are intended to create alignment between the employee’s work and the organization’s goals. A typical…

A major key to success and a healthy life is to enjoy yourself during the process of whatever you are trying to accomplish. Unfortunately, enjoyment is something that many people leave by the wayside—especially when change is taking place at a tremendous rate and the pressure is on to reinvent yourself and achieve new goals. More now than ever, people are having difficulty balancing their…