At MarchFifteen we pay attention to the organizational culture of our clients, and how it relates to the creation of an environment that is successful for employees, customers and their organization as a whole. Since organizational culture is a complex thing, in this blog we want to focus on one of the essential ingredients of… Read more »
Posts Tagged: leadership
Leading in 2015 and Beyond – MarchFifteen Evolves Its Leadership Assessment Framework
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 »
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 »
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 »
How to Make Mentoring Work for You – A Mentor’s Perspective
As a follow-up to our previous blog on Mentoring, this blog will focus on the mentoring relationship from a mentor’s perspective. As previously defined, mentoring consist of a pair of individuals working together in order to achieve specific objectives for skills growth and development. It is meant to be a balanced partnership requiring equal commitment… 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 »
