Individuals who consider joining the “Great Resignation” must first ask themselves this question: “Should I work somewhere else, start my own business or retire?”
Want to differentiate your business? Take Warren Buffett’s advice
As a business leader, your holy grail should be to differentiate your business so that customers and clients will want to buy from you rather than your competitors. Quoting Warren Buffett, “You will have a hard time finding a person who has had a wonderful experience who isn’t going to come back.
How to thrive in a politically charged corporate environment
How can you thrive in a political environment? Meet your commitments to others. Build trust with your peers. Develop alliances. Keep your adversaries close. Build political capital. Most importantly, do your job and achieve results, and let those results speak for themselves.
Leaders can learn from those they lead
Many leaders don’t realize they can learn not only from direct reports, but from anyone in their organization, even hourly workers on the factory floor. They have a different perspective. They are not jaded by past failures or stuck in old paradigms. They don’t know that things can’t be done.
Is invasive tracking of worker productivity returning us to sweatshops of the past?
Invasive monitoring of employee productivity is the antithesis of continuous improvement, which empowers employees and helps them develop a sense of ownership in what they do. A workforce that participates in setting their metrics and improving workflow processes will outperform a workforce treated like cogs in a wheel.
To improve Philadelphia public schools, empower teachers and provide them with more resources
As the new superintendent of the Philadelphia School District, Tony Watlington faces many issues that need to be addressed. In addition to the adequacy of teacher pay and the difficulty in hiring teachers to fill classroom vacancies, I would hope that the transition teams he appointed will focus on four areas.
What Ukrainian non-commissioned officers can teach us about leadership
Effective leaders know to push down decision-making to the lowest possible level in their organization, as the Ukrainian military does. You want to hire people who will take the initiative. Having decision-makers throughout the organization owning their results is much more effective than top-down command and control.
How to differentiate your company from its competition
When going up against a competitor, you want them to think, “Oh no. Not those guys!” That’s how good you want to be. That’s how you win business in a competitive marketplace.
We need bipartisan leadership to address our country’s issues
The political will of both the Democrats and Republicans to do the right thing for the American people has been demonstrated in the past. Americans want to see more bipartisan leadership to address our country’s issues. It will position us for a better future.
Philadelphia’s increase in gun violence reflects an erosion of civil society
It’s been said that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” If nothing in Philadelphia changes, we can expect the same result—increasing gun violence.
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These are the traits and practices of successful leaders
The test of any leader isn’t when things are going well. It’s when they face difficult challenges. The individuals who embrace these universal traits and practices in this article will more effectively overcome those challenges and be successful in their careers.