Archive for the ‘General Management’ Category
Spotlight on Association Leadership: An interview with Forté Foundation’s executive director
Elissa Ellis-Sangster serves as executive director for the Forté Foundation, an organization dedicated to inspiring women business leaders. Ellis-Sangster brings to the role extensive knowledge of issues affecting women’s abilities to seek, prepare for and attain business leadership positions, drawn from her experience as assistant dean and director of the MBA Program at the McCombs [...]
How workplace culture can help drive employees to succeed
S. Chris Edmonds is a speaker, author and senior consultant with the Ken Blanchard Companies. He co-authored Blanchard’s “Leading at a Higher Level,” Blanchard’s award-winning culture change process, and the soon-to-be-released “#POSITIVITY AT WORK tweet” book. Chris authored the “#CORPORATE CULTURE tweet” book released last year. Read and subscribe to his blog at DrivingResultsThroughCulture.com. How [...]
VIP Corner: Brian Robertson, on how riding a bike is like managing a business
SmartBrief is partnering with Big Think to create a weekly video spotlight in SmartBrief on Leadership called “VIP Corner: Video Insights Powered by Big Think.” This week, we’re featuring Brian Robertson, a partner at HolacracyOne. There’s a difference between predicting how you’d ride a bike and actually successfully riding the bike — and that concept [...]
Businesses, their customers and support: A love story told via infographic
Jim Belosic is the CEO of ShortStack, a self-service social media platform that allows users to create custom Facebook tabs. Its easy-to-use interface provides small businesses, individuals, graphic designers, agencies and corporations with the tools needed to build mini-websites within their Facebook pages that help drive user interaction and increase fan page likes. Valentine’s Day [...]
Leadership brand is more than a buzzword
It does matter what people think of your leadership. Reputation is essential to getting things done. Because leaders accomplish little by themselves, they need to bring together others for common purpose. How others perceive a leader is important to encouraging a following. In this video, I offer ideas on how to develop your leadership brand [...]
5 ways to promote a culture of smart thinking
Art Markman is a professor of psychology and marketing at the University of Texas at Austin and director of the program in the Human Dimensions of Organizations. His latest book, “Smart Thinking” was published in January. Innovation has been a core theme in business over the past few years. The mantra is that companies need [...]
Why you need to slow down to succeed
Scott Eblin is an executive coach, speaker, blogger and author of “The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success.” You can learn more about him and read his blog at Eblin Group. Or follow him on Twitter: @scotteblin. This is the third post in a series exploring how to improve your leadership presence in [...]
What business leaders can learn from the Concordia disaster — and how they can come out on top
Priscilla Cale and David Tate are the authors of “Sink or Swim: How Lessons from the Titanic Can Save Your Family Business.” Cale is an author, lecturer and adviser with broad experience in the private sector and academia. Her work focuses on family business governance, succession, leadership development, strategic growth, globalization, and entrepreneurship and innovation. [...]
