A place to discuss the challenges and opportunities in everyday leadership.
Author: Laura J.
My professional experience has revolved around management, training, and developing leaders within my organization. In addition, my other passion is sharing knowledge. Educating others is something that gives me a sense of purpose and when you share knowledge you never know how many individuals you may impact along the way.
Strategic leadership is a term that many use, but can be an abstract concept to the majority of leaders. In their article, Krupp and Howland (2013) explain that rather than looking...
In the video, Leadership Lessons Learned at Starbucks: It's Not About the Coffee, Howard Behar explains that the people should be put at the forefront of everything we do within organizations. He...
In Disney’s the Lion King, there are a number of characters that could be considered transformational or great leaders such as Mufasa, Simba or Rafiki. However, one character that stood out...
According to Landy and Conte (2013) teams can provide a number of benefits to organizations including saving time, increasing innovation, integrating information, more effectively develop new products or services, and...
What if you could identify who has the potential to be a great leader before promoting them into a management position? PsychTests AIM Inc. (2011) designed the Leadership Potential Assessment (LEAP)...
In order to stay competitive, organizations must continually review their training processes and identify where their training needs are. Landy and Conte (2013) explain that before a training program is...
Stress management tends to be a popular subject regardless of your profession. In their article titled "Effective Stress Management”, Houghton, Wu, Godwin, Neck, and Manz (2013) provide a model for managing...
In its simplest form, Industrial-Organizational (I/O) Psychology is defined as the application of principles, theory, and research to both traditional and non-traditional workplace settings (Landy & Conte, 2013, pg. 7). In...
Cheung-Judge (2012) outlines four key areas that individuals can utilize to continue to develop as consultants: develop life long learning habits, work through power issues, build emotional and intuitive self-awareness,...
Throughout my career, I have always been a firm believer that mentors can help guide you toward your career goals. Corner (2014) explains that mentoring can be used to develop...