by Nina | Sep 9, 2008 | Communication, Corporate Performance, Crisis Management, Leadership, Nina Simosko
Tackling issues requires different — and often multiple — leadership approaches. The complexity of the situation will dictate the response. While routine problems are generally solved through experience and expertise, complex issues tend to be tackled more...
by Nina | Sep 5, 2008 | Communication, Corporate Performance, Innovation, Leadership, Mentoring
When you take a look in the mirror, what do you see? Is it the confident, articulate leader that others see? Is it the approachable, open, yet decisive leader that you believe yourself to be? Or could there be another kind of leader lurking in the shadows? Marshall...
by Nina | Sep 3, 2008 | Communication, Corporate Performance, Leadership, Mentoring, Nina Simosko
One of the critical things that a leader must possess is honesty. Not only in the sense that they ought to be honest in their behavior, but also in that they must call things as they see them [see If You Can Only Focus on One Thing…]. Without doubt, leaders will...
by Nina | Sep 2, 2008 | Blogging, Corporate Performance, Leadership, Nina Simosko
The first Monday of September is Labor Day in the United States, a day recognized around the world — albeit on different days and terms (International Workers’ Day or May Day in other countries) -– to celebrate social and economic achievement. It is a time to...
by Nina | Aug 18, 2008 | Corporate Performance, Leadership, Mentoring, Nina Simosko
How often do you look through your organization chart? How closely do you look? What do you look for? Some executives survey their org charts with a sense of achievement, while others look for ways to cut costs; but often a more productive path is to identify new...
by Nina | Aug 13, 2008 | Corporate Performance, Crisis Management, Leadership, Nina Simosko
There are plenty of books and quite a few blogs that focus on good leadership. They talk about what needs to be done and when, they discuss decision making, strategy, team building and collaboration. But what about bad leadership? It seems that when it comes to bad...