Are you searching for ways to increase your ability?  Check your LEADitude! LEADitude is your attitude toward leadership. It is the mindset involving how leaders motivate employees, create a vision, and engage team members to achieve organizational goals. A tool to determine LEADitude success is an internal measurement called leader

Emerging leaders, I want you to pause for a moment. Did you ever get caught up in the organizational chaos or the chaos of life? Have you ever bought into the noise fluttering all around you and then wondered how you got involved in it? One minute you are standing around a

Today we have Mark Graybill in our “A Leadership Interview With…” series. Find out how Mark views healthy conflict, the topics he thinks leaders are failing to learn, and how to get your team back on track. Thanks for doing this interview! Could you tell us a bit about yourself

A friend of mine ran a successful software business in California. He was a popular man who won everyone’s trust. Clients agreed with him, and employees held him in high regard. My friend enjoyed leadership and its privileges. People thought he was the happiest person in the world. But this was

Today our interview is with Bob Littell, who created the concept of NetWeaving. Read on to find out how Bob solves team conflict, the valuable leadership skills he learned in college, and why he thinks being content with the status quo is the mistake that’s made most often. Thanks for

Entrepreneurship demands extreme passion and a lot of creativity. Entrepreneurs usually have to spend sleepless nights away from home to achieve their dreams. Entrepreneurs are blessed with the ability to create opportunities and utilize them effectively. But they also can get distracted after following a constantly hectic routine. This is

What is the meaning of innovation? That’s a big question because today, more than ever, businesses have to be innovative to be successful. Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner state that the meaning of innovation is taking creativity and transforming it into something that has valued use. The word innovation, like transformation, seems

Being nervous when you have an interview lined up is normal. But if you get a call for an interview for your dream company, you might lose your calm. After all those job alerts on mobile and email that kept you ahead of your competition and months of working on

I’m almost 36 years old, and I’ve been to the funerals of 15 of my friends. I’ve been to only six weddings. I’ve learned a lot from the people I’ve lost. When I was 19 years old, my parents let me host the last-day-of-school party (the one that’s been recreated

  Over the years, management experts have tried to find a relationship between leadership and intelligence, and the general consensus is that they are closely related. Emotional intelligence plays a great role in maintaining positive relationships with people around you and being a successful leader. Successful leaders are known to