In the words of renowned Brazilian novelist, Paulo Coelho, “If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule: Never lie to yourself.” Leaders, remember to listen to your experts, establish a challenge culture and value the lone wolf within your organization.
The downfall of Theranos shows ‘you can’t fake it until you make it’
After the Elizabeth Holmes guilty verdict, venture capitalist Greg Gretsch, tweeted, “Ambition, drive, vision and optimism are all a part of the Silicon Valley ethos. Outright lies and deceit are not. Fraud is fraud.”
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg’s ‘demoralizing’ treatment of employees was unacceptable
Quoting Sir Richard Branson: “Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.” Garg did not understand this principle. CEOs need to treat employees with dignity and respect.
Conviction of former Temple business school dean caps a lesson in failed leadership
Every business school is responsible for teaching future leaders the importance of ethics, integrity and the right tone at the top. It’s ironic that the Fox Business School rankings scandal could be a business school case study.
Break paradigms to achieve breakthrough results
The adage, “don’t tell me it can’t be done, find a way to do it” describes the attitude needed to break paradigms. You’ll be surprised at what you can accomplish if you think out of the box and adopt new approaches.
How to attract and retain employees as we exit the pandemic
Some of the causes of the great employment disruption of 2021 are beyond the influence of employers. However, initiatives that can be implemented to retain employees and attract those who are looking for a change.
Get employees out of their comfort zone to better develop talent
Leaders, expose your employees to new, meaningful experiences. Get them out of their comfort zones. There is no better way for them to develop. It will help them build confidence.
Biden and Trump violated the same principle, providing a key leadership lesson
A key leadership principle is to avoid adverse unintended consequences of decisions, especially when those consequences could undermine the credibility and trust that others have in you.
To break down silos, follow Elon Musk’s mandate for communication to travel the ‘shortest path necessary’
Are the silos in your company impeding your ability to accomplish initiatives with colleagues in other departments? People should talk with each other directly to make the right things happen.
Frontier Airlines should have praised crew that duct-taped passenger on Philadelphia flight
Effective leaders celebrate employees for doing the right thing even if it violates a company policy or procedure.
Why you should empower employees to violate policy when in the company’s best interest
Employees who on occasion violate company policy for the right reasons are your change agents and future leaders. Celebrate them.
Need to terminate a direct report? Allow the individual to maintain their dignity
Terminations are never easy. Informing a direct report “we are going to part company” takes some of the sting out of them being informed of their termination.