Gary Burnison, CEO of Korn/Ferry International, the world’s largest executive search firm, has written a new book well worth reading. The recently published new book is titled, The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership. Burnison is particularly well qualified to write a guide to effective leadership. He experiences every day what it is like to be responsible …
After nearly 40 years in healthcare leadership, I continue to believe that most healthcare leaders do not spend nearly enough time and energy learning from outside the healthcare field. If you ask most healthcare leaders to be honest about what they read, the conferences they attend, and the personal and professional development sessions in which …
It is Friday, February 3, 2012. Just 2 days until Super Bowl Sunday 2012. Virtually every person reading this article will watch part or all of the big game… as well as most of the extremely expensive advertisements! Like all events, the Super Bowl provides excellent opportunities to relate to, remember and re-focus on important …
Do you regularly allocate quality time and focused energy in life-long pursuit of ever-improving Personal Presence? If you don’t, I suggest you should. And it is never too late to start. Virtually nothing will contribute more to your personal, professional and organizational leadership and success than improving your Personal Presence. “Personal Presence may be difficult …
Mac Anderson and John Murphy recently wrote a small but very powerful book entitled Habits Die Hard: 10 Steps To Building Successful Habits. The publisher, Simple Truths, describes the critical importance of this powerful, life-changing book as follows: “We are all creatures of habit and if you make good habits, good habits will make you. This …
The Harvard Business Review published some excellent advice in a recent article titled Five Resolutions for Aspiring Leaders. The article was written by John Coleman and Bill George. “Find a trustworthy mentor: Mentorship is a critical component of your development as a leader. A 2004 study showed that young leaders with mentors were more likely to …
Successful people and successful organizations are busy this time of year, tweaking and making appropriate adjustments to their 2012 strategic and operational plans. Even more so for highly effective and highly successful people and organizations. They have carefully reviewed their 2011 successes and failures. They are building on and leveraging their strengths and successes. They are …
Fast Company recently published an article titled, “How to Prepare When You Only Get One Shot At Persuasion.” The article argues that when you have only one shot to present and persuade – as opposed to a block of time or several opportunities – you must prepare differently. Every leader has faced, and will face …
According to Time Magazine, in addition to years of training, operators who work in the main control rooms of nuclear plants must spend one week out of every six in retraining exercises. Think about that. One week out of every six… retraining, refining, rehearsing, sharpening their knowledge and decision-making skills. Obviously, the decisions made by …
Healthcare leadership and healthcare delivery is a constant, dynamic, learning lab. Learning, relearning and improving is the very nature of our ever-changing, ever-evolving healthcare system. And, just as it should be. After all, we are dealing with the most valuable, precious, priceless gift and factor in the universe… that would be life. Without life, nothing else matters. …
Terrell “TJ” Johnson was one of the toughest, roughest, and most “successful” gang leaders and drug kingpins in the West Memphis, TN. By age 15, TJ had made more than half a million dollars. His cocaine-selling empire continued to grow. By age 17, TJ was driving the streets of West Memphis in a brand new …
Without question, A.G. Lafley is one of the most successful leaders of our time. Lafley, the former chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble, is one of the most respected and admired business leaders of the past two decades. He has been hugely successful. In the October 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review, Lafley shares …
Imagine the short and long-term powerful positive impact of helping, coaching and successfully leading your direct reports, and other members of your team to improve in the following critically important areas: Effectively think on their feet under pressure as they state opinions and answer questions Cut through the clutter and communicate issues clearly in ways …
All successful healthcare leaders know the critical importance and impact of their Personal Presence. Regardless of title, level within the organization, or length and extent of experience, Personal Presence is, to a large extent, directly responsible for a successful life and career. To be an effective and successful healthcare leader, you must: Persuade others as you state opinions …
I once had the opportunity to spend 30 minutes, one-on-one with General Colin Powell. No one else was in the room. I will never, ever forget that time, our discussion and my overwhelming positive impressions. Talk about positive command presence and personal presence. Colin Powell has it… as much or more than any person I …
Charles Darwin is famous for many reasons, one of which is crafting this famous statement;“It is not the strongest of species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” The same eternal principle is true in every personal, professional and organizational life! Every person reading this Tips for Success has probably read …
The critically important, universal success principle advocated and modeled by Dewitt Johns, the award-winning world-class National Geographic photographer, was alive and well… and on display during the Healthcare Supplier/Provider Institute meeting held in chicago earlier this week. Dewitt Jones is the highly acclaimed photographer whose images have been featured in scores of National Geographic expeditions …
If you want to improve your leadership skills and your leadership impact… improve your teaching skills and your teaching impact! Excellent leaders are excellent teachers. The best leaders are superb, inspirational teachers. Max Anderson, the founder of Simple Truths, wrote about two teachers who profoundly impacted his life. In a recent book titled Heart of …
Here is some excellent leadership advice from a highly successful leader at world-renowned National Geographic. It is applicable to every healthcare leader in the world. Meet with each member of your team, both individually and collectively, and empower them by empahatically and sincerely stating: “You don’t have to prove yourself, not to me, or to the …
A critically important, universal success principle is featured throughout Dewitt Jones’ recent account of his experience as a photographer and photojournalist for National Geographic. Dewitt Jones is the highly acclaimed, world-class photographer whose images have been featured in scores of National Geographic expeditions over the past 20 years. On his very first day on the …