LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS 2016

PRESENTING 2016 LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS

Editor's Note

This year, at the annual global leadership development conference, LEAD2016, we were inspired to celebrate World Leadership Day, make a difference and lead a positive change. As our good friend, Lance Secretan, tells us leadership is broken at all levels but we can fix it and in fact every person can choose to be a leader.

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Top Reason Why Business Transformation Efforts Fail: Look no further than culture

If corporate transformation sounds difficult, that's because it is. According to The Boston Consulting Group, PwC, and my own research, a startling 75% of business transformations flat-out fail. But difficult doesn't mean impossible. The question is, why do some fail and others succeed?

Driving Cultural Change: It is about the WHAT and the HOW

The Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP) worked with a large financial institution that believed low employee engagement and resistance to change within their organization were negatively impacting their business performance. In order to improve in these areas, they needed a shift in their culture as well as their leadership. In particular, they felt their leaders were focused on getting results over their relationships, collaboration and coaching their teams.

Getting Checked Out Employees To Check Back In: 3 ways to do it

On a Monday not long ago, a friend left us a voice mail. He is one of the most talented marketing professionals we know, but after years of feeling “dissed” at his company he had become disengaged at work.He trailed off without finishing the thought. It would have been funny if it weren’t so haunting. Talent wasted. Our friend may be an extreme case, but almost every manager today is dealing with disengagement of some kind or other. Despite all the hard work bosses have invested in recent years to be caring and attentive, statistics show workers aren’t buying it. The average employee spends about fifteen hours a month complaining about his or her manager.

Navigating Matrix Management: 5 ways to successfully manage global teams

Leading a group of people well is hard work. If managers aspire to motivate and engage their team members, they must communicate well, set expectations clearly, follow up regularly, provide ongoing support, acknowledge people’s contributions in real time, exhibit strong coaching and mentoring capabilities ... plus a host of other skills.

Mastering Self Leadership: 4 vital traits that lead to success

I am amazed at how many people in positions of leadership can’t even lead themselves effectively, consistently or with integrity. It doesn’t matter whether it’s your local church, school, the government or a small or large business. In the end if you want to lead others regardless of your position, roles or responsibilities it is necessary that you are effective at self-leadership.

How To Lead Yourself: Some generic suggestions

I had the pleasure of talking to three close friends today, all of whom are in big leadership roles, albeit in completely different situations – a large Fortune 500 organization, a smaller start-up company, and a non-profit. Interestingly, each of these separate conversations quickly turned to a discussion of how the leaders themselves were feeling about their companies, their own roles, and the difficulty of leading in this economic downturn.

Leadership Development: 5 vital questions to effectively develop leaders

Employee morale and behavior, results and culture are all the responsibility of organizational leadership. After all, if the leaders aren’t leading, we can’t expect the followers to follow, or be motivated to do so. In your organization, is leadership development thought of as best solved with a workshop or training event, or treated and funded as a business-critical, strategic priority?