Would it not be great if there were signs your employees wore on their heads that helped identify what they would be great at?  You can walk through your cubicle farm and see who would be best at managing, sales, customer relations, negotiation, etc.  It would make some of the problems a company experiences disappear and others minimal at their worst. Well...

Peer leadership takes many different forms.  You can become a leader through promotion above your peers.  You can be one of many at the same position seeking to influence a course of action.  You can be a designated leader assigned to a group of other leaders.  Depending on your commitments your ability to lead your peers can be all of the above. What...

I have mentioned before that leadership is highly sought after by organizations of many different stripes.  As a species we are drawn to organize ourselves in groups with named and un-named leaders.  No matter how much we cry for individualism, we look for strong leaders for guidance, inspiration, and to challenge us. Since there is so much data out there on...

Leadership.  It means different things to different people.  It is the most sought after trait that employers look for.  It is a topic that has countless tomes written about it.  Yet in the end there are fifteen simple rules a leader should abide by to be successful. Here are the rules: Leaders only hire top talent. Leaders put the right people in...

Author’s note: What originally sparked this article were two posts.  One was on the nature of intent by Amber Naslund, and the other on measuring social media.  This month has been a focus on leadership on the Finding Answers Blog.  In business, as in every other factor of life, leadership is sought after.  It is almost like a quest for a holy grail to...

You have been promoted.  On your way towards your new team your boss has given you a review of their capabilities.  They are bad.  Not just bad… really horrible.  Dead last in all measures and getting worse.  You could describe them as the Detroit Lions of your company: perennial underachievers.  Now it is your turn to turn them around and prove that you...