Every leader wants to build teams that achieve great results. What is the most effective way of doing so? In this week’s article, I look at examples of great leadership found in athletics.
Breaking Paradigms Is Key To Business Growth And Competitive Success
A key attribute of all successful organizations is the ability to break long-held paradigms, which are established ways of doing things. How many of us have heard the response, “But that’s the way we’ve always done it,” when a new, better approach was suggested?
Why didn’t Wells Fargo leadership recognize the importance of trust?
The most important attribute of all organizations is the level of trust between its leaders and their employees, and how an organization deals with its customers/clients. Wells Fargo failed in this important area.
Leadership lessons from the Challenger disaster: Face the brutal facts of reality
The decisions leading up to the Challenger disaster are so important that each year, I write an article to remind leaders about three valuable lessons taught by the Challenger tragedy.
Be different than your peers to land that next job
Regardless of where you are in your career, your resume needs to demonstrate how you are different than your peers.
Boeing 737 Max grounding: When the risk of failure is catastrophic, don’t take shortcuts
If the risk of failure could be catastrophic, you must not take shortcuts, but double-down on risk assessment and safety assurance to prevent a catastrophe and the resulting huge liability.
Earning employees’ trust leads to building a high-performance team
The most important characteristic of all organizations is the level of trust between the leaders and their employees, and among employees themselves.
Be different! The key to business and career success
My book is based on personal experience serving in
the trenches, rising to the position of CEO of PQ Corporation, as well as what I
have learned by serving as a director on public, private, private equity and
nonprofit boards. The following advice is excerpted from my book.
Want to differentiate yourself from your peers? Learn entrepreneurship skills
Regardless of whether you start a business, work at a startup or work at an established company, entrepreneurship skills will differentiate you from your peers and help you land your first and subsequent jobs.
DACA immigrants are important to the economic competitiveness of the U.S.
Some immigrants or children of immigrants have had a transformational impact on the U.S. and on the world. These entrepreneurs have created millions of jobs, changed how we live and put the U.S. on the forefront of the information technology industry. We should remember and appreciate their contributions.
Importance of ethics and integrity in how we conduct business
Our integrity should guide the tone at the top we set and the culture we nurture within our organizations.
Leaders: What is your legacy?
A legacy can be a value system, moral compass or set of principles on how to lead one’s life that can inspire others. It is one of the most important things we can leave for the next generation.