Short-term pain for long-term gain: The new CEO’s dilemma

Short-term pain for long-term gain: The new CEO’s dilemma

New CEOs often hear two conflicting messages: first, get out of the gate quickly because your honeymoon will be short and you need to show results; second, play for the long haul. Can you do both? The answer is yes, but it’s hard, and the results can be bittersweet....
Can You Master Your Motivation?

Can You Master Your Motivation?

Do you love conducting performance reviews? Do you swoon over submitting expense reports? Are you enthralled with preparing budgets? Face it, your leadership role demands some activities you will never love, swoon over or be enthralled to do. But you still need to...
How to be a Remarkable Long-Distance Leader

How to be a Remarkable Long-Distance Leader

More and more of us are working remotely some or all of the time. Leaders are now challenged with managing teams spread across time zones. Taking on this topic of remote leadership is Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel in their book The Long-Distance Leader: Rules for...
Does Your Life Need a Digital Detox?

Does Your Life Need a Digital Detox?

Like any hashtag or social media movement with its incessant buzzwords, one can’t help but keep hearing about the idea of device or digital “detoxing.” As if cleanses laced with cayenne aren’t enough, now we have to take a long hard look at our digital behaviors. And...
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