Taken from Amazon.com: Master the art of communication to improve outcomes in any scenario. Simply Said is the essential handbook for business communication. Do you ever feel as though your message hasn’t gotten across? Do details get lost along the way? Have tense situations ever escalated unnecessarily? Do people buy into your ideas? It all… read more
If you were given two minutes to describe your business vision, obstacles, strategy, and financial position, could you do it? Many people can but how well they do it likely depends on how developed their business acumen is. Business acumen is your ability to understand how your business operates, generates revenue, and creates current and… read more
Leveraging Predictive Index® with Business Results LLC and Crestcom Leaders and managers at all levels are tasked with driving their company’s objectives by working with their teams. They have power over their direct reports’ activities and ideally should guide their team’s initiatives — really rally the troops — to make great things happen. Think about… read more
If you are in a management or leadership position at work, you may feel under a certain amount of pressure whenever the time comes to make important decisions. This can be stressful, as your decision will affect not only yourself but also those who work for you and beside you. This is why it is… read more
Taken from Amazon.com: Learn why bad decisions happen to good managers―and how to make better ones. If you read nothing else on decision making, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you and your organization make better choices… read more
The Marines can face extremely challenging and urgent situations in which they are forced to make critical decisions in a short period of time. While most of you are not in the battlefield, you will still need to make strategic decisions that impact the success of your organization. Perhaps you are deciding on a strategic… read more
Imagine yourself in this situation. Your boss gives you a project with a hard deadline. He tells you that the activity is important and it must be done but does not explain anything more than that. You are working day in and day out to complete the project but continue to have set-backs. You do… read more
Taken from Amazon.com: Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman’s brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our “two minds”—the rational and the emotional—and how they together shape our destiny. Through… read more
Did you know one of the main reasons top executives fail is a result of low emotional intelligence (EQ)? That’s right, they might have the hard skills needed to drive the business, but when it comes to managing their soft skills, they come up short. Simply put, EQ is defined as the ability to understand… read more
Does your mindset differentiate you as a great leader? Extraordinary leaders live by three basic truths. They understand that greatness is achieved by surrounding themselves with other extraordinary people. They also know that choices produce the right results, and little decisions add up to bigger, longer-lasting consequences. Thirdly, how they change will determine how well they… read more
