Everyone knows there are unspoken rules that lead to a toxic culture (like risks are actually punished, not rewarded). But what happens when leaders don't seem to … [Read more...]
If You Can Answer Yes to 3 Questions as a Leader, Employees Will Run Through a Brick Wall for You
Your employees are constantly asking these questions about you. Make sure they get the answers you want
Leaders come and leaders go. Only certain ones stick around--in the hearts and minds of the people who worked for them, that is. Whether or not you … [Read more...]
Amazon Just Announced It Is Spending $700 Million to Retrain 100,000 Employees (and They’re Free to Quit Thereafter)
Here's why Amazon's massive investment is such a brilliant move
In what is one of the biggest corporate retraining initiatives ever announced, Amazon said Thursday morning that it will invest $7,000 per … [Read more...]
This Is the Single Most Important Question to Ask Before Promoting or Hiring a Leader
This surprising, heartfelt question distinguishes the very best leaders and best candidates to promote/hire
What makes for the best kind of leader? It's a question that produces an infinite number of opinions. And how do you know whether or not to hire/promote a leader into a role … [Read more...]
What the ‘Queen of Candor’ Learned From Her Supporter, Warren Buffett
Laura Rittenhouse, an expert on candor in corporate communications and inventor of the Rittenhouse Rankings, gets candid on what she learned from the Oracle of Omaha.
Laura Rittenhouse saw clues where others didn't. It was Rittenhouse who first scrutinized company annual shareholder reports with an adventurists eye, looking for the DaVinci … [Read more...]