The Advisor’s Corner – Is Burnout a Reality?

Question: Is ‘burnout’ a reality, or am I just being a whiner? StrategyDriven Response: (by Roxi Hewertson, StrategyDriven Principal Contributor) It’s true that burnout behaviors can look a lot like victim behaviors. However, burnout is a real state of mind and can be debilitating in many ways. If you are trying to decide whether or […]

Lessons The Avengers Can Teach About Leadership

With the upcoming release of Thor Dark World and amid the success of The Avengers blockbuster movies overall, there are excellent parallel leadership lessons that can be learned from these Marvel Comics superheroes. Namely, knowing when to take the reins and when to call on others for their specialized skills and expertise. Although, in business, […]

A Shift in Leadership Can Make a Multi-Million Dollar Impact

You would think that an Ivy League institution like Cornell University would be a model of the best practices of leadership throughout its organization since Cornell and most universities believe they are growing the next generation of leaders for our country and our world. Well… not necessarily and not always. While Cornell executive leadership can […]

Tribal or Transformational? How to grow your startup when new business rolls in

Startup CEOs need to know how to act once they realize that a new revenue stream is growing faster than the original business concept. You’re faced with a choice: transforming the business you created or launching a new, separate venture. I call it the choice between going “tribal” (creating a new tribe – a distinct […]

Jeffrey Gitomer

Who is Martin Rooney? And why you need to know.

In early August I got a call from a guy named Martin Rooney who had just moved to Charlotte from New Jersey. Turns out we had a mutual friend who insisted Martin and I meet. I agreed to meet. He’s a new guy in town and he’s a friend of a good friend. We’d have […]

Why Your Employees Count as Much as Your Clients

Success in business begins with your people. The model is actually quite simplistic although not always easy to execute. What effective managers and leaders must recognize is that it begins with caring about the people who drive your business. But what distinguishes success is the recognition that businesses are driven not just by customers but […]

Jeffrey Gitomer

Do your people WANT to listen to you?

I’m at a corporate conference about to give my 90-minute, customized, personalized talk. I spent hours preparing it – as I do all my talks – and I’ve spent the last 20 years improving my speaking, presentation, and performance skills. I’m not just a speaker. I’m a student speaker. Anyway, before my talk, the two […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 67 – An Interview with Jeffrey Gitomer, author of 21.5 Unbreakable Laws of Selling

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 67 – An Interview with Jeffrey Gitomer, author of 21.5 Unbreakable Laws of […]

StrategyDriven Leadership Inspirations

Leadership Inspirations – Lead, Follow, or Get Out Of The Way

“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.” Chinese proverb

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