Do You Put Values in Action at Work?
All organizations have a mission statement and a set of values or guiding principles. When people put values in action, they feel energy, enthusiasm, and
All organizations have a mission statement and a set of values or guiding principles. When people put values in action, they feel energy, enthusiasm, and
You may know the organizational purpose and mission of the company where you work, but have you found the link between those and your own
Does your company have an organizational purpose? In a company without a strongly identified purpose, people have only a vague idea of what they’re supposed
Let me ask you a big question: Do you know what your organization’s purpose is? How about your purpose in your job? What’s important? Often
As you read this series of posts on authenticity and leadership, I’ve asked you to think about your own leadership development and the path you
The values that form the basis for an authentic leader are derived from your beliefs and convictions, but you cannot truly know them until they’re
Leaders cannot be adequately described by lists of traits or characteristics. Academics have struggled with this for years. Then, in 2003, Bill George’s book, Authentic
While virtually every leader has a sense of what “authenticity” means, few know how to develop it as a leadership skill. To complicate matters, leadership
From what I see in most companies, employees at all organizational levels seek meaning and fulfillment at work. And most are willing to work hard
After you’ve read many of the books on executive presence, it’s still clearly a unique quality that’s expressed differently by each leader. There are no
Business is an active, demanding endeavor. Only those who consistently apply themselves succeed. Organizations that thrive require leaders who actively dream, plan, engage, solve, pursue,
Surveys and studies indicate global job dissatisfaction is at a two-decade high. Disengaged employees account for nearly 70 percent of the workforce, which significantly affects
Most employees favor consensus-run organizations where leaders manage democratically through inclusion and feedback. Consensus-style leadership is a refreshing alternative to tyrannical leadership, but democracy, taken
Sudden information is generally incomplete, incorporating whatever is available at the moment. By contrast, leaders sift through information, take time to gather data, and draw