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The Impact of Different Leadership Roles

When it comes to leadership styles, each individual has a style suited best to them. Of the seven main leadership styles, most leaders have a combination of styles that mesh together and form their managerial role. To understand the intricacies of leadership styles it is important to delve into the styles themselves. Democratic leadership – A […]

4 Tips to Help Manage Conflict

Workplace conflict is inevitable. Even in a business of one, you may have conflict with vendors, groups you outsource to, or even clients that you work with. At some point, there will be disagreements that need to be managed. And that is the key word, managing your conflict so that it can be overcome. Conflict […]

Robert Winter to Speak at MindLab Conference

Robert Winter will be speaking at the MindLab conference on April 24th in Denver, Colorado. His session will focus on productive conflict, an assessment offered by Wiley/Everything DiSC. He will also discuss his FrontLine Leadership Development Program and how its implementation can help transform your organization’s managers into strong leaders. This program has successfully equipped leaders in a […]

Generational Differences in the Workplace

“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” – Amy Poehler In a simple black frame, on a shelf in my office sits a picture that never ceases to put a smile on my face. In it, 4 women stand […]

Top 5 Leadership Qualities Revealed

What skills are needed for effective and inspirational leadership across organizations and businesses? A few years ago, Zenger and Folkman compiled research to discover just that, the most crucial characteristics that all leaders need to possess and practice. Rather than seeing data that pointed to leaders at different levels implementing differing skills and traits, they […]

7 Ways Leaders Unknowingly Sabotage Their Own Teams

Leading comes with a myriad of challenges and obstacles. There are numerous reasons for and catalysts of the downfall of a team or group of employees. But what about when the largest factor in a team’s disfunction is the leader themselves? What are ways leaders sabotage their own teams and how do we avoid these […]

Manage[ment] Engagement

Leadership teams at the highest level within companies agree culture change is a high priority to continue to grow and be competitive in their respectful marketplaces. However, the trickle-down effect required to ensure such changes are implemented and effective, tends to lie solely on the shoulders of management teams. With a whopping 75% of employees […]

Creating a Collaborative Culture in 3 Ways

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”- Helen Keller All businesses have the ability to work smarter, not harder and come out better than the sum of their collective members’ intelligence and talent, however, many fall short. A collaborative culture sounds simple at its core. A group of people working together […]

How Do We Work with Generation Y?

“Tradition, tradition! Tradition!” – Jerry Bock, Fiddler on the Roof Management styles of yore still lurk in the hallways of business big and small all around the world today. However, with Generation Y beginning to take a larger stake in those same businesses, it may be time for managers to take a look at those […]

The Power in Focusing on Solving Problems as a Leader

A new trend is emerging in the leadership of today, problem-led leaders. These leaders are different than other more standard leader archetypes meaning that are driven by problems in need of a multi-faceted solution. These leaders are the glue of a group of people from different parts of the organization brought together with the sole […]