By Dr. Andrew White March 14, 2023 How many times have you seen a leader embrace decline within their company with positive and inspirational energy? It’s not a common occurrence. After all, through our traditional view of leadership, only a weak CEO would enter a period of decline in this way. Good … Continue reading Why leaders need to embrace decline, according to an Oxford leadership expert
Category Archives: Leadership Skills
5 daily rituals entrepreneurs can use to manage their mental health
By Anastasia Chernikova February 19, 2023 Entrepreneurship can come with a sense of freedom. When you are your own boss, there are no mandatory 9-to-5 work days, no one can tell you what to wear to the office, and no one can fire you. In 2022, about 50.5 million people quit their … Continue reading 5 daily rituals entrepreneurs can use to manage their mental health
North Star goals for category leaders: Customer lifetime value model
Beyond just calculating CLV, companies must embrace the total value a customer can bring as a factor in strategic planning, culture and KPIs. Greg Kihlstrom on February 2, 2023 This is the third of a four-part series on the North Star goals that set category leaders apart from their peers. You can find Part 1 … Continue reading North Star goals for category leaders: Customer lifetime value model
North Star goals for category leaders: First-party customer view
Having an effective first-party data strategy means you can balance two sets of customer needs — personalization and privacy. Greg Kihlstrom on January 30, 2023 This is the second of a four-part series on the North Star goals that set category leaders apart from their peers. The first part (one-to-one, omnichannel personalization) can be found … Continue reading North Star goals for category leaders: First-party customer view
5 Ways Leadership Skills Affect Employee Productivity
5 Ways Leadership Skills Affect Employee Productivity Kiara Miller / 19 Dec 2022 The world has seen many leaders, but the realm of leadership continues to remain intricate and tricky. Some say that individuals are born leaders — while others assert that leaders rise to the occasion. This debate will certainly go on through the … Continue reading 5 Ways Leadership Skills Affect Employee Productivity
Make An Impact: Taking It To The Next Level
Make An Impact: Taking It To The Next Level by Lisa Singer , Staff Writer, June 24, 2022 Behind the Scenes with Lauren O’Brien Cloudastructure’s Lauren O’Brien talks knowing when to move on, being impactful with one’s time, and why she believes the world is magical. I’ve had the opportunity to connect with and learn … Continue reading Make An Impact: Taking It To The Next Level
Being a good leader means nothing without investing in yourself. Here’s how
By Kathryn Finney June 08, 2022 How do you find “good” people? First, be a good leader. In order to build and lead a great team, you have to be the kind of person that people want to build with. What does that look like? It looks like centering your humanity (yep, those … Continue reading Being a good leader means nothing without investing in yourself. Here’s how
This powerful leadership style gets results (without coming off as a jerk)
By Dileepan Siva—Minutes May 27, 2022 Though she stood at only 4’10”, Madeleine Albright was always the most commanding presence in the room (I know from experience. As an immigrant with political aspirations, I saw Albright as a role model. She was also an immigrant—born in Czechoslovakia to Jewish parents, her family fled … Continue reading This powerful leadership style gets results (without coming off as a jerk)
Leaders: This is how your team wants you to respond to political issues
By Roxanne Petraeus May 22, 2022 I used to think great leaders had the answers; now I think great leaders grapple with hard questions, especially the ones that elude easy answers. I started my company a few months before the pandemic. Since then, almost every month has brought some massive world event, natural … Continue reading Leaders: This is how your team wants you to respond to political issues
This is how to develop goals that align your team and improve performance
By Amy Kan May 20, 2022 Throughout my many years in a corporate career, no matter the industry, size of the company, or the country, there was always some kind of individual performance management that involved goal-setting. The most effective version used key performance indicators (KPIs) that cascaded down the organization from the executive … Continue reading This is how to develop goals that align your team and improve performance