Posts for "leadership"


Personal Leadership is the Key to Leading at Work

From CAREEREALISM
May 21, 2012 at 1:00 am
Personal leadership is taking responsibility for all aspects of your life and leading it in the direction that is best for you. In order to be a successful leader on the job, having ... (more)

Entrepreneurs: The Fallacy of the Big Idea

From CAREEREALISM
May 1, 2012 at 12:30 am
This week I spoke to a colleague about a client of his who was having trouble moving from middle management into leadership roles in his company. This client noticed those who ... (more)

Leading A Strange Group (Even If You’re Inexperienced)

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
April 29, 2012 at 5:30 am
What happens when you’re placed in a leadership position of a group of people you barely know and have never worked with before?  How can you come into that situation and ... (more)

5 Tips for a Strong Medical Affairs Leadership Resume

From CAREEREALISM
April 26, 2012 at 1:30 am
Planning to leverage your business and clinical expertise to pursue a Director or VP Medical Affairs position? A compelling Medical Affairs resume has evolved far beyond a list ... (more)

What Powers Your Day?

From PR Prescriptions
April 5, 2012 at 2:16 pm
Are there external forces that guide your day? Encourage creative thinking? Increase productivity? For me, music tops the list, but there are other forces at play, and most of ... (more)

Is Leadership Passé?

From Dan Erwin
April 3, 2012 at 11:16 am
Not quite, but you’d better start learning how to “do” collaboration. Competency needs grow out of cultural, economic and organizational demands. And today’s world, more ... (more)

Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?

From shelley-ann.com: musings in exploring design + business
March 30, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Being an entrepreneur is becoming for of a viable option for lots of people. Either after lengthy unemployment or by a definitely choice to live one’s dreams with no apologies. ... (more)

7 Key Lessons Charity Water Can Teach You About Building a Thriving Lifestyle Business

From ThrillingHeroics.com
March 29, 2012 at 7:57 am
Read this full article on Thrilling Heroics here: 7 Key Lessons Charity Water Can Teach You About Building a Thriving Lifestyle BusinessIf you’re a blogger, or you’re ... (more)

Own Your Personal Brand

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
March 12, 2012 at 5:30 am
In the past month, I have had the pleasure of meeting intelligent, engaging and ambitious professionals from all walks of life in my new role within the walls of Corporate America. ... (more)

Thoughtful Leadership Benefits Society

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
March 7, 2012 at 6:30 am
When we think of traditional leaders, we envision a confident, courageous and dogmatic type of individual. Everything they do seems to work well, so they advocate everyone mirroring ... (more)

How to “Wow” Your Boss

From Dan Erwin
March 4, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Managing your boss and other execs isn’t just apple polishing, brown-nosing or sucking up. You need to wow your boss to get the resources to do the best job for yourself, your ... (more)

How Leaders Kill the Joy of Work

From Dan Erwin
February 21, 2012 at 10:31 am
Senior executives routinely undermine creativity, productivity, and commitment by damaging the inner work lives of their employees,” say Harvard’s Teresa Amabile and Steven ... (more)

Reach Your Career Goals by Building Personal Leadership Skills

From CAREEREALISM » CAREEREALISM | Career and Job Search Blog
February 17, 2012 at 12:30 am
“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.” (Stephen R. Covey) We get very anxious when we think about ... (more)

The Existential Laws of Leadership

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
February 16, 2012 at 6:30 am
Soren Kierkegaard’s “Attack Upon Christendom” is not an attack on his beloved Christianity per se, but rather an indictment of how the Church of Denmark had diluted and trivialized ... (more)

A Tour de Force: “Obama Explained,” by James Fallows

From Dan Erwin
February 13, 2012 at 9:48 am
Just how much power does the presidency really offer? Any president, not just Obama, but Roosevelt, Eisenhower or Reagan? The March issue of the Atlantic’s article on the political, ... (more)

Multicultural Arts Management Internship Program

From Emerging Leaders of New York Arts
February 10, 2012 at 4:44 pm
Perfect Storm? Arts + Business + Stipend + Summer! Apply now for the Arts & Business Council of NY’s 2012 Multicultural Arts Management Internship Program. As an ... (more)

Facebook’s Values as the New Normal

From Dan Erwin
February 6, 2012 at 9:35 am
As part of the IPO filing for Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg laid out a set of company values. They are illuminating, especially when compared to the values of older, more mature firms: ... (more)

Nathan Rafferty - CEO of Ski Utah - Zions Bank Founders Room - February 8th 12:00 pm

From Young Finance Professionals
February 2, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Nathan Rafferty - CEO of Ski Utah Nathan was named President & CEO of Ski Utah in October, 2005. Before changing roles within the organization, he served as Ski Utah’s ... (more)

Replacing a Legend? Be Legendary Yourself!

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 13, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Having just experienced the Rose Bowl game and a win by my alma mater, I was overcome by love and a slight hero worship for Oregon’s coach Chip Kelly. How can you not love a ... (more)

IBM’s Unique, Highly Successful “Ground Rules”

From Dan Erwin
January 6, 2012 at 12:33 am
A textbook case in how to drive change, IBM has been so consistently successful that it is almost boring. Even more surprising is the size of its workforce in contrast to other ... (more)

Robert Pedersen- Jan. 25th in the Zions Bank Building, 18th Floor – Founders Room

From Young Finance Professionals
January 3, 2012 at 6:59 pm
Robert G. Pedersen II CEO, Co-founder, Chairman, ZAGG Inc. Robert provides the overall vision and leadership of ZAGG Inc. Robert has more than 20 years’ experience in executive ... (more)

My One Wish for 2012

From Dan Erwin
January 1, 2012 at 9:26 am
It’s that time of the year when many review the past, set goals for the next year, and make a few resolutions and wishes. My goals are ongoing, and I have no new resolutions, ... (more)

Know Your Own Bone’s 15 Most Popular Posts of 2011

From Know Your Own Bone
December 30, 2011 at 2:20 pm
After playing with a bunch of pictures from this year, I’m going the “goofy face during a presentation” route.  The world has enough pictures of stuffy presenters, ... (more)

A Poignant Memorial to Vaclav Havel

From Dan Erwin
December 20, 2011 at 10:21 am
With Havel, the message mattered but it was words themselves that penetrated the heart.                               --Madeleine Albright Although ... (more)

Why Your Organization Needs You to Build a Personal Brand

From Know Your Own Bone
December 8, 2011 at 9:28 pm
If you’re reading this, then you’re probably the kind of person who already knows that professional resumes have transcended the boundaries of a sheet of paper. They’ve ... (more)