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Aug 11

What Are Resilient Systems and How Can You as Leaders Build Them?

By Teresa Edmondson Resilient - characterized or marked by resilience, such as: Capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or ruptureTending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change Watch this 30-second video clip created by P.A. WEISS to learn how building resilient systems can make a real difference... read more →
Jul 24
Forgiveness

Forgiveness – So Human and Yet So Divine!

By Phillip Weiss "To err is human, to forgive divine." Alexander Pope The word forgive doesn’t often make it into leadership speak as it has a quality that seems more appropriate to a sermon. But, really, this is a uniquely human issue that applies to all of life – professional included. ... read more →
Jul 11
decision making

What Is The “Right” Thing To Do?

Teresa Edmondson July 14, 2020 Dilemmas are tricky to navigate by design.  There are lots of definitions you can find on Google for what constitutes an ethical dilemma, but one I find simplest and most useful is this: A situation where two moral principles are in conflict. The classic dilemma... read more →
Jun 29

7 Ways To Challenge Yourself as A Leader

For many, leadership is something that they kind of just find themselves doing. They’re good at a given technical skill and so, it is assumed, that they will be good at “leading” others who do the same thing. But too often, the leading never evolves much beyond simply directing employees’ work assignments. The... read more →
Jun 21
leader in boardroom meeting

What Leaders Want

When I engage with clients it’s encouraging to hear them say, for example, that they want to: Be CompetentMake Good DecisionsBe ResilientFeel Less StressedBe ProductiveBe Composed Engage EmployeesBe Action-Oriented It bodes two questions, though: 1) How do you know to what degree you’re meeting these objectives? And, 2) Once you... read more →
May 29
agility

Executive Success Factors – Agility

Those who adapt, survive – it’s Biology 101. The inability to adapt to changing circumstances is a team and organizational killer. We live in a VUCA[1] world. Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. It’s the new world order. It’s no surprise, then, that data shows that Agility is a core executive success... read more →
May 20

9 Executive Success Factors

Leadership is relationship – to a very high degree. You simply can’t lead in a complete vacuum. That would defy the very definition of the word - leadership. In fact, I suggest that the higher we move up in an organization, the more critical it is to get really good... read more →
May 08

The Power of Your Presence

Do you know how powerful you are? I like to ask this question of leaders. The modern corporation is a compelling defining institution in modern society. This means that the leaders within it are equally as powerful. Where does this individual power come from? To a high degree it comes... read more →
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