Productive Leaders
Adversity is Guaranteed, but Misery is Optional I am fascinated by people who are resilient. One of the highlights of 2020 for me was the opportunity to have an in-depth conversation with Colonel Lee Ellis, USAF, who was a POW in Vietnam for around 5 ½ years....
How Authentic Leaders Turn “How are you?” Into a Real Conversation “How are you?” has shifted from a point of conversation to a fairly meaningless reflex. If you think about how many times you ask that question every day, you may realize it’s no longer relevant. “How...
A Successful Strategic Marketing Plan Includes Relationship Marketing Business owners everywhere incorporate marketing tactics to tell the world about their mission and their products or services. Without marketing and advertising, people don’t know what they do....
7 Reasons a Daily Leadership Planner Helps You Become a More Effective Leader Thinking about becoming a better leader is the beginning of becoming a better leader. . Consistently thinking about how to respond builds leadership skills. Remember, you are already...
7 Actions Great Leaders Need To Do To Ensure Success Think about resource allocation as though they are the owners of the company. In economics there is a theory called the principal agent problem. It happens when employees, the agents of the organization,...
7 reasons leadership is more complicated than ever Feeling overwhelmed by lunchtime? You're not alone. Leaders are responsible for more moving parts than ever before. Let's take a look at seven of the common - but complicated - reasons why leadership isn't an easy...
A professional speaker's tips for better communication Communication is key when it comes to anything that involves other people. We humans are a social species, and communication is involved in nearly everything you do. And yet, so many of us get it wrong, even to...
9 Steps to Getting a Promotion in 2021 So, your life was progressing just as planned...and then 2020 threw everyone a curveball. The good news? Many organizations are eager to resume operations and full functionality. Which means you might be ready for that...
2021 is about big ideas, big projects, and big plans. Here are 21 points on what businesses can expect, what organizations need to embrace, and what business leaders need to do moving forward. 2021 is a year for action, activity, and movement. Businesses can...
April Peterson