Anatomy of a Great Leader

What makes a great leader? While there is no cookie-cutter answer, there are certain characteristics that great leaders commonly exhibit. Not only do you need to be technically qualified, but you must be able to manage time, energy and staff efficiently. A great leader harnesses mind, body and soul, because leadership isn’t what you do, it’s who you are. Read more in the infographic, The Anatomy of a Great Leader, below.
Anatomy of a Great Leader


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How to Uncover Breakthrough Improvement Opportunities without Consultants

Need a performance breakthrough but don’t want to pay a high-cost consulting firm to evaluate your organization’s performance? Want a solution that can be used over and over again across your entire company?
 
Sevian Business Performance Assessment ProgramStrategyDriven released its Sevian Business Performance Assessment Program, an immediately implementable process for performing in-depth evaluations of organizational performance.

StrategyDriven was founded on the principle of making top-tier consulting services affordably available to the leaders of small and midsized businesses and the mid-level managers and professionals of larger companies. In a radical departure from the traditional consulting model, we offer our clients the assessment method and analytical tools used by top-tier consulting firms; greatly reducing if not eliminating the need for outside experts and their associated costs.

And why not? Talented employees familiar with their company’s day-to-day operations are often capable of performing assessments more rapidly than outsiders. All they need is the method and analytical tools enabling the revelation of self-critical performance improvement insights. And if an outside perspective is needed, our advisors provide that support via phone, video conference, or onsite in whatever amount desired – no more, no less, no long-term contract… you decide.

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Three Key Strategies Any Business Can Adopt in 2016 to Boost Profitability

It is a competitive market in today’s economy. After 26 years since the creation of the businesses now have a number of methods and channels to distribute marketing and information about their products and services and are able to reach a varied and broad audience. While this may be an effective marketing approach, it generates an almost cutthroat atmosphere of competition. Here are three key strategies any business can adopt in the coming year to boost profitability:


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About the Author

Richard MilamRichard Milam is the president and CEO of EnableSoft. Prior to founding EnableSoft, in 1995, Richard was a partner and Senior Vice President of FiTech PLUSmark, and held other positions in Information Technology, Operations, and Sales.

Leadership Lessons from the United States Naval Academy – Expect What You Inspect

StrategyDriven Leadership Lessons from the United States Naval Academy ArticleLeaders motivate and inspire their followers to collaboratively pursue achievement of an established vision. Thus, the very nature of leadership necessitates employee interaction, direction setting, and performance standard establishment.


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6 Fundamentals That Underpin Engagement – authentic organizations are high-performing organizations.

We began our research by asking people to describe their dream organization—one that feels authentic and within which it is possible for one’s best self to emerge. We’ve synthesized these ideal organizational qualities and have shown how some workplaces are making the elements of the dream real, inspiring the rest of us in the process.

Put together these multiple benefits – commitment, creativity, understanding, personal development, trust, purpose, and freedom—and you have created the fundamentals that underpin engagement at work. And we know that engagement is correlated with performance.

Why Should Anyone Work Here?The dream organization, then, is also the high-performing organization.


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About the Authors

Rob Goffee is Emeritus Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School, where he teaches in the world-renowned Senior Executive Programme.

Gareth Jones is a Fellow of the Centre for Management Development at London Business School and a visiting professor at Spain’s IE Business School in Madrid.

Rob and Gareth consult to the boards of several global companies and are coauthors of Why Should Anyone Be Led by You? and Clever, both published by Harvard Business Review Press.