In a recent article by The Wall Street Journal, the author inquired, “where are all the women CEOs?” Less than 6% of CEO roles in the US’ top 3,000 companies are held by women, despite an equal split of women and men in the workforce....
COVID-19 has drastically changed the business landscape. For many employees and managers, their homes recently became their workplaces for the very first time. And it’s going to take some time to adjust to this paradigm shift. Working from home brings new challenges to managers and their...
Uncertainty is at new heights. Across the world, public gatherings and major events have been canceled. Employees are adjusting to working from home every day. Universities and schools have moved classes online. Parents are creating new, innovative schedules for their children who are now home....
There is no playbook with all the answers for how to respond to today’s rapidly evolving events. However, there are steps you can take today to not only navigate these new leadership challenges but come out better prepared the next time a crisis arises. ExecOnline teamed...
How do you become a leader others want to follow? What does it take? Do you need to develop a personality that is larger than life? Do you need a magnetism that draws others to you? In the past, some believed that leaders needed a certain...
In leadership, we all share two realities. The first is that we will inevitably face crisis situations at different points in time throughout our careers. A major system malfunctions creating customer experience woes - a team member is unable to deliver on a deadline -...
Across this holiday season, there will be many opportunities to take a moment and reflect. Whether you are reflecting on the things that you are grateful for or the things you wish to change, reflection in itself is a healthy and necessary exercise both this...
Research has long suggested the primacy of the manager to driving employee engagement. The manager mediates an employee’s relationship with the organization, their work, and their colleagues, strongly influencing their perceptions of the employment experience. Gallup is in the process of releasing a new book –...
Recently, I had the chance to talk to an HR leader at a multinational food company about their leadership pipelines. It was an old story – they had a very weak group of rising leaders and were forced to go outside of the company to...
Being a new manager has always been tough and emotional. Maybe you were promoted into the role because you were a great individual contributor, but are now being asked to do very different and uncomfortable things. You might be stepping into an underperforming team or a...