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Have you ever wondered if you’re as influential as you could be?  Many leaders are one-trick ponies when it comes to influence; they use a single approach for every situation. This works perfectly sometimes, the same way a broken clock is on time twice a day.  However, by developing greater flexibility and range, you can be even more effective. Influence helps solve many problems for executives, business owners and managers

Why executives are failing at alarming rates and what can be done about it. This can’t be right!  It was the first thing I thought when I read about the failure rate of senior leaders in new roles. This was over a decade ago and unfortunately, the stats haven’t changed much since. Leaders who are onboarding into new roles need help!  With a failure rate, depending on which source you’re

How Leadership Development can get you from good to great! We’ve all read countless articles about what constitutes a great leader. You don’t have to look very hard to get a dozen different viewpoints regarding leadership development. That being said, common themes do emerge. This article offers a first step in the process of moving from good to great on the leadership developmental continuum.  But first, a quick recap of the

Employee Engagement is currently a multi-billion dollar global concern affecting organizations across all sectors.  Literally millions of articles have been written on the subject since the term was first coined in the early 90’s.*  Much of the current literature focuses on various definitions and the overall magnitude of the problem and very few offer the practical advice leaders are searching for.  This article is intended to give some practical and

Change Management is a multidisciplinary field that cannot be defined easily. Try Googling it to see my point! There are literally hundreds of definitions, so if you’re looking for just one, be prepared to get frustrated. That being said, for our purposes we can use the Prosci Definition of Change Management; “Change management is the process, tools and techniques to manage the people side of change to achieve a required