Leadership Inspiration – Great Projects

“Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great success.” Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues (1715 – 1747) Minor French writer and moralist

Conflict Resolution in the Workplace

Employee conflict is unavoidable in any office environment, this is a fact. Even the most functional of teams will sometimes disagree or experience infighting, which can be difficult to manage. Example: Hotel Housekeeping Staff Managers are approaching employees on their lunch break to assign tasks, discuss changes and give directions. Workers object to this (“Lunch […]

Leadership Inspiration – Well Hammered

“You don’t hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking and getting well hammered yourself.” George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) Playwright, critic and passionate socialist

Getting Your Message Across, In Principle

It was Groucho Marx who said, “Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them … well, I have others.” These are mine and I have no others. About the Author Michael Parker is the author of It’s Not What You Say: How to Sell Your Message When It Matters Most, a former vice […]

The Big Picture of Business – The Future Has Moved… and Left No Forwarding Address.

Futurism is one of the most misunderstood concepts. It is not about gazing into crystal balls or reading tea leaves. It is not about vendor ‘solutions’ that quickly apply band-aid surgery toward organizational symptoms. Futurism is not an academic exercise that borders on the esoteric or gets stuck in the realm of hypothesis. Futurism is […]

Trait-centred Leadership vs. Servant Leadership

I’m a dancer. When I studied the Argentine Tango there was a foundational rule that I believe is true for all leaders: The leader opens the door for the follower to pass through, and the leader then follows. If anyone notices the leader, he’s not doing his job. The goal is to showcase the follower. […]

Follow the Green Lights – Small Business Success is a Mixture of Strategy and Intuition

Work is life and life is work for small business owners. The lines are blurred between work and everything else — family, friends, faith and self. It is not always easy to balance the demands of business ownership and living a powerful purpose driven life. To have the best of both we have to rely […]

Organizational Accountability Warning Flag 4 – Taking Care of Employees

StrategyDriven Organizational Accountability Warning Flag ArticleAt first glance, warning against taking care of one’s employees appears contradictory to what most would believe is an important function of every manager. Context is important here. Too often, managers ‘take care of their employees’ during the performance review process.


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Leading from the Inside Out

How do you know if you are leading from the inside out, from the depths of your soul and your humanity? You’ll know in your work when you can… About the Author Dr. Erica Brown, author of Take Your Soul to Work, is an educator who consults for the Jewish Agency and other Jewish non-profits […]

Leadership Inspiration – Unrealized Possibilities

“It is not impossibilities which fill us with the deepest despair, but possibilities which we have failed to realize.” Robert Mallett (1915 – )