As businesses are moving towards more global outreach and virtual teams over international locations, the ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity, maintain a strategic perspective, foster engagement, and understand and respect cultural diversity, become key factors for success. Last July, Edyta posted her blog discussing the competencies global Leaders need to succeed. The research… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Leadership
The Epidemic of Managing without Soul – A Guest Blog by Henry Mintzberg
From globally recognized Thought Leader in organizational management, Henry Mintzberg, we are excited to share with you a guest blog on organizations with and without “soul”. Through his professional and anecdotal experience, Mintzberg posits that excellence, warmth and everything that makes up your core can be felt and experienced in organizations, just as it can… Read more »
I Quit The Boss, Not The Job
When an acquaintance offered me a full time position within the company they owned, where I would work in several areas throughout the business, it seemed like a dream come true. I had been looking for full time work and was drawn in by the chance to dabble in various areas of the business and… Read more »
Where are the female voices in business? – A Guest Blog by Karen Wright
India is amongst many countries that mandates diversity on Boards. With the deadline approaching many publicly traded companies are pushing to comply. So the women participation is increasing, but only on paper. Today’s CBC News announced that many Indian firms found a creative way to address the issue by appointing women from their immediate or… Read more »
Collective Leadership for the Organization – A Guest Blog by Phil LeNir
When I first heard Phil LeNir, co-founder of our beloved CoachingOurselves methodology, talk about Collective Leadership I was transported straight to my life in Poland, where the term was used by the Politburo. So, you can imagine, my emotional reaction to the term was less than lukewarm. But when I heard Phil explain the term… Read more »
How to Become a Leader, Even if You’re Average – A Guest Blog by Vanessa Judelman
“Well, some of us are born great, some of us achieve greatness and some of us get it as a graduation gift” – this is what the late Robin Williams used to say. But indeed, with the popular focus on the high potentials and future leaders, many organizations neglect the non-genius amongst us, leaving it… Read more »
Releasing the Transformational Power of Women in Leadership
Releasing the Transformational Power of Women in Leadership. Slash that. Unleashing the Power of Women in Leadership. A blog by Edyta Pacuk. I always feel privileged to be a partner of the Management Research Group (MRG) based in Portland, Maine. This wonderful group of psychologists and statisticians has kept me on my toes since… Read more »
V is for Vulnerable – Vulnerability as a Strength in Leadership
V is for Vulnerable – the book is on my desk, my client just cancelled a meeting towards which I was so looking forward, and the pink cover caught my eye. A gift of sorts, this cancellation… Time to think. “Vulnerable is the only way we can feel when we truly share the art we’ve… Read more »
The Competencies Global Leaders Need To Succeed
The world has become flat again. Most of the organizations today have a global connection, even if they are not a “global” company. This means that leaders need to adapt to a different mindset and a way of leading that comes from the more traditional approach. Of course, the standard competencies hold… but here is… Read more »
Calling All Leaders to Serve – A Guest Vlog by Robert Vallée
While leaders concentrate on how to be impactful within their profession, there is a rising need for them to be just as impactful in their communities. In this vlog, we welcome a call to action from Robert Vallée, whose expertise we highly value at MarchFifteen, and whose involvement in serving his community inspires us. … Read more »