skills
2 Signs Your IT Manager Needs to Go
By Kevin Beaver Thursday Feb 4, 2010I just read Jay Forte's great post, "Checklist: Are You Settling for Second-Place Employees?," on his Power Performance blog on Bizmore and thought...Great, I'm not the only person seeing this!
Coming Soon to Your Business: A Leadership Crisis
By Ira Wolfe Thursday Jan 28, 2010Worried about your next generation of leaders? You’re not alone. According to a new survey about leadership skills from Pearson and Executive Development Associates Inc. (EDA), 57% of business executives said their leadership talent pipeline was the same or weaker today than it was two years ago. Seventy-five percent said increasing bench strength will be their top business priority for the next two to three years. Is this too little too effort?
Hot Job of the Future: Blue Collar?
By Ira Wolfe Thursday Jan 7, 2010The United States has become a nation of "non-tinkerers," a new survey shows, and it's harming the way we live and work.
How to Become an Effective HR Leader
By Eric Reyes Monday Jan 4, 2010Generally, your HR department is not viewed as “leadership,” yet that is what they do — lead and offer leadership. So writes Ben Eubanks at upstartHR. “If the human resources staff has weak leadership, then there’s a good chance that HR within the entire organization is weak as well,” Eubanks argues. He suggests a few ways an HR professional can also be an effective leader.
How to Set Goals for the Coming Year
By Eric Reyes Wednesday Dec 30, 2009Now that the new year is about to begin, Stephanie Chandler on Small Business Growth Strategies writes that now is the time to set your goals for 2010. Don't just leave your goals as vague notions of growth swirling around in your head, she said. Write them down. Be specific. Here are some items she suggested:
Are Your Leadership Skills Ready for the Future?
By Eric Reyes Thursday Dec 17, 2009Do your current leadership skills match up with what may be required of you in the future? How do you rate? George Ambler wrote about the latest Center for Creative Leadership survey of leadership skills on The Practice of Leadership recently and noted that of the seven competencies identified by the survey (leading people; strategic planning; managing change; inspiring commitment; resourcefulness; doing whatever it takes; and being a quick learner) leaders surveyed all said they need to work on those skills.
Why Your EQ Matters More Than Your IQ
By Jay Forte Sunday Dec 13, 2009Your IQ (ideally, how smart you are and how well you learn) and your EQ (how emotionally intelligent you are; your personal and social competence) are two aspects of the same mind. But in today’s workplace, EQ trumps IQ. Your IQ is fairly static — it doesn’t change much over time. Ideally, what you were born with is what you will always have. According to research, 4%–10% of your career success is based on your IQ (what you know).