Tag Archive for ‘leadership’

Employee Factor: Named a Top 25 Online Influencer in Leadership!

The HRExaminer recently released its list of the Top 25 Online Influences in Leadership and we made the Top 25! Have a listen to this podcast on the Online Influencers.
To view the Top 25 click here. Thanks for the inclusion! See our score below!

Candor Does Drive Performance

 A very interesting study of CEO letters by investor relations-specialist, Laura Rittenhouse shows that candor and the quality of disclosure can serve as an important indicator of a company’s financial health – and even its stock.  
According to the studies by Laura Rittenhouse, for the past ten years, companies where the CEO candidly communicates in the [...]

People-Centered Leaders = Outstanding Leadership

Workforce Foundation has just released the results of a two-year qualitative study on the principles of outstanding leadership has just been released. The research uncovered that there are clear differences between good and outstanding leadership.  
 
What do outstanding leaders do differently? They:
 

Convey a greater depth and higher purpose when talking about the vision, seeing it [...]

How to Lead with Compassion…

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”      – Dalai Lama
We recently read an article that captured our attention by Susan Cramm, who wrote about “How to Lead with More Compassion”.
By definition compassion is the ability to be sympathetic; or have a consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire [...]

Does a “42 Long” Make You a Better Leader?

Does a “42 Long” make you a better leader? Apparently, height has more to do with it than I had originally thought. I had a very interesting conversation with a work friend today, who works at one of Canada’s largest banks. She was talking about a recent organizational change and the fact that she now [...]