Board Governance is frequently discussed and often misunderstood. Yet, companies must have a good handle about Board Governance. The Board plays a critical role in the success of the company. They set the strategic direction that companies must take. However, companies must understand that the Board’s role is grounded in its governing role. Great Boards […]
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Are you Ready to be an Agile Manager?
An Agile Manager provides the basic framework for organizations to cope with today’s volatile customer driver marketplace. Being agile is being able to master continuous change. An organization can be agile. But it needs to have a dynamic Agile Manager. Today’s critical times call for traditional managers to take on an agile mindset. Traditional manager […]
Conquering Competition by Storm: Master the 6 Core Skills of the Social Leader
Social Media has taken business with a strong hand of thunder. Companies are now recognizing Social Media as a disruptive force that gathers strength rather than attenuate. In fact, having a good grasp of Organizational Social Media Literacy has become a company’s source of competitive advantage. Social Media literacy is not yet an element of leadership […]
Time Management 101: Core Principles of Executive Time Management
Time Management is a critical capability for individuals as well as senior leaders. Leaders are often under pressure to allocate adequate time on strategic priorities. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all formula designed for appropriate time management that works for all executives. However, research on the practices utilized by the leaders effectively managing their time reveals that […]
What Type of POOR Time Manager Are You?
What do you think are the symptoms of Poor Time Management? Time management is a challenge for almost every individual. Executives have been found to be complaining more about the scarcity of time. The advent of 24/7 communications, increasing sophistication, intense rivalry, and financial insecurities have complicated the situation for the executives. Overloaded executives are […]
Is Time Management Just a Myth?
Time Management is essentially important in the workplace. Without Time Management, deadlines are missed, reports are not submitted, important meetings are forgotten, and many more. In the end, we are faced with a chaotic long list of activities and deadlines with not one being completed or done. When companies and their people are in this […]
What’s the Toughest Issue with Talent Management?
Do you know what’s the toughest issue with Talent Management? A large majority of leaders confront significant impediments trying to bring their talent and business priorities in line. Are you one of them? The typical approach employed to accomplish this often contains several gaps—starting with recognizing critical roles in the company where leaders tend to fail […]
How Can We Turnaround Dysfunctional Teams?
Assuming a new position in a Company is never easy. Everyone in the Company knows that Leadership (and extended) Team is vital to achieving success Yet, this is not always the case. Often, new executives get to face dysfunctional, non-performing, and poorly organized “team inheritances.” This can be a challenging dilemma when management is increasingly […]
A Great Leadership Experience: Dr. Rachid Yazami, Inventor of the Lithium Battery
Leadership has become a usual term often misunderstood by many people even those holding the status of a leader. There is no doubt that everyone can be a leader, but not everyone can be a genius leader. Leadership is far limited to prestige, a high status, or to financial abundance; it is neither about authority […]
Your Personal SWOT!
“Every success story is a tale of constant adaptation, revision, and change.” – Richard Branson A SWOT analysis is a method used in any business or marketing plan to identify internal and external aspects about the product of the activity. It stands for: S = Strengths; W = Weaknesses; O = Opportunities; T = Threats. This exercise can also […]
Leadership across Cultures!
We are living in an era where we keep experiencing a shift of paradigms in a variety of ways and fields. Leadership is one of them as it is continuously inventing itself to be able to fit in a world that is evolving very fast. Today, even neuroscience and positive psychology put their footprints on […]
Fourth Industrial Revolution: Integrating Schools and Industry for a More Innovative Society
Editor’s Note: Dr. Stephen Sweid is a pioneer of Breakthrough Strategy thinking. He has published a series of training guides on the Breakthrough Strategy, which you can find on Flevy here. Stephen has also been a guest on our podcast, Business Executive Interviews. You can listen to his interview here. Recently, Stephen has also published a comprehensive presentation on Multicultural Synergy. […]
