The highly popular Bud to Boss Workshop, presented by the Kevin Eikenberry Group, offers these tips to make your communication more powerful, persuasive and meaningful:  Speak with people, not to them. Ask more questions. Make fewer assertions.   Speak with people the way that they want to be spoken with. In this case, ignore the

If you don’t feel like a “born leader,” don’t worry. Great leaders have a set of skills that can be learned, not a certain personality type. In researching the leadership skills of senior executives—including 30 of the world’s most celebrated CEOs—Justin Menkes found that three sets of skills trump personality, management style and other characteristics

This is a guest post by Mary Foley. You’ve seen the image: the woman wearing a red bandana and rolled up blue shirt sleeves sporting a fist and exclaiming “We Can Do It!” This World War II poster of “Rosie the Riveter” encouraging women to join the workforce was the epitome of a woman’s strength and determination. 

Scott Elbin has solid advice for new managers Next Level Blog, but one point jumped out at me: “Pay Attention to the Artifacts.” In addition to telling new leaders to do things such as listen and learn, Elbin notes that what people see in your office sends a powerful message. Step back and look at

As a manager, you might be viewing your actions differently than your employees interpret them. That’s what a recent study from Development Dimensions International suggests when it comes to innovation. Leaders consider themselves much more open to change than their subordinates do. In the study, leaders responded to a series of innovation-related statements about themselves,

The following is a guest post by Esther Francis Joseph. After years of hard work, you’ve made your way through your organization’s ranks and have finally received the recognition you deserve by getting the promotion you’ve been dreaming of. And after many years of being overworked and under-appreciated by managers, you vow, “When I become