Ten Activating Words for Activist Leaders
Effective activist leaders exemplify their words through consistent actions. This is the new standard of leadership.
What Actions Make an Employee Activist Effective?
Employee engagement seems to aim at mediocrity while employee activism aims at distinction. Employee activists are problem solvers and collaborators. Employee activists raise their voices to be heard inside and outside an organization. Backing up their voice is talent and results. This is the premise started earlier as we explore the Weber Shandwick report “Employees…
Why Leaders Get Employee Engagement Wrong
Leaders get employee engagement wrong. Activism should be the goal. Engagement is aiming at mediocrity. Even with a low aim, leaders are missing the goal in a big way. Weber Shandwick, in partnership with KRC Research, surveyed 2,300 employees worldwide and found that only 30% are deeply engaged with their employer. This is a statistic…
The Seasons of Our Dreams
Whether you’re a Millennial, Gen X-er, or Baby Boomer, there is something in the human spirit that connects us together: We all have dreams. Our dreams look different, yes, but there are many parallels between our experiences. The highs and lows – the roadblocks and the wins. All leading us to the core of what we…
Graduation is Just a Phase
Graduation is often viewed as a launching point to solve complex problems and tackle big challenges. After years of learning, graduates are prepared and ready to take over. The stark reality is graduation is just a phase, like a trimester. (tweet to share) Graduating means another development phase has passed. Viewing graduation as a completion…
Crafting a Conscious Culture
A good thing is happening. More companies are awakening to what a conscious culture can mean for their business, and Millennials will be instigating more change on how purpose and profit are intertwined within an organization. Achieve, in partnership with the Case Foundation, added to their 2014 Millennial Impact Report with a six-month research update…
How to Thwart a Millennial Culture
How did Brian Halligan, co-founder and CEO of HubSpot, become interested in corporate culture? From simple statement from iRobot co-founder Colin Angle: “Culture is how people make decisions when you’re not in the room, and when you don’t have one, you can’t scale.” Hubspot and their leaders have not only built an engaging, empowering culture,…
5 Critical Practices for Emerging Leaders
Guest Post by Sheri Nasim Leadership doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time to develop the skills, experience, and trust necessary to be tapped for a leadership role. The skills and experience will come as you learn the ropes of the business, but you won’t find trust-building in the Employee Handbook or an Operations Manual. Whether…
The Self-Leadership Golden Rule and Law
Self-leadership requires a different perspective. Self-leadership requires a unique golden rule and law to empower within and with others.
Entrepreneurs in the Information Age
Guest Post by David J. Greer People often ask me how will the Internet change the world in the next 50 years. As someone who created one of the earliest web sites in the world, my response is that in the fifteen years since I created that web site we have seen far less than…
A Challenge: Be a Student as Much as a Leader
What if someone was as much a student as a leader? The result would be a well-balanced, growth-oriented individual. Although this would generally be true, the answer does not stop here. Many view being a student as something young people do. A student leaving a campus never looks back, right? Some leaders have done this…
How to Make Leadership Bloom
Spring opens us up to beauty. What was dormant turns to sprouts of growth. What was colorless becomes colorful. Possibility seems real again. Our eyes are opened to the beauty of what is ahead. Also ahead are the storms. Ushered in with the new blooms are the rains. While rains nourish, the fierceness of some…