The skills needed to be a high performing individual contributor are very similar to the skills needed to be an effective manager. The difference is how the skills are applied.
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Leadership Development Goals: Master These Four Crucial Leadership Competencies
Embarking on a journey of leadership development involves more than just honing technical skills; it requires a focus on four key competencies that elevate your impact: strategic thinking, confronting ambiguity, leading inclusively, and collaboration. Growth in these four areas is critical if leaders want to elevate their contributions to the organization.
Effective Fiscal Leadership: Key Indicators Every Health Care Leader Needs to Know
Understanding the financial intricacies of your health care organization is vital yet challenging. As a leader at your health care organization, mastering effective fiscal leadership is essential to help steer your team and the organization toward success. Understanding key financial indicators is not just a skill, it’s a strategic advantage.
Presenting Your Case: A Guide to Persuading Your Boss to Invest in Your Marketing Future
As a marketing leader, you need the skills and mindset to drive growth and success for your organization. Investing in your professional development through the Chief Marketing Officer Leadership Program results in positive ROI for your organization. It improves your engagement and performance, reduces turnover, enhances creativity, and develops you into a more effective marketing leader. The information in this guide can be used to convince your boss of the business case to invest in your marketing skills development.
Presenting Your Case: A Guide to Persuading Your Boss That Transition to Executive Management is a Strategic Investment
Investing in your professional development through the Transition to Executive Management program results in positive ROI for your organization. It improves employee engagement and performance, reduces turnover, enhances creativity, and develops you into a more effective leader. This guide provides concrete benefits you can share with your boss to convince them about the return on investment they will see from investing in your professional development.
Rising to the C-Suite: Key Steps to Accelerate the Transition
Regardless of the C-Suite role, each leader who aspires to the C-Suite must be intentional with their plan of development, growth, and advancement. The first step in the approach is to build a development plan that includes building skills, experience, and relationships that will be critical success factors in the C-Suite.
21 Must-Read Books for Managers
There are several resources that will help you grow in your professional development. Some of the most accessible resources are books. We compiled this reading list to help get you started.
How Can Mindset Influence Your Leadership Style?
Mindset refers to your prevailing attitudes, beliefs, and perspectives about the world and yourself. It shapes how you interpret experiences, face challenges, and set goals. I’ve debated with colleagues whether mindset drives behaviors or whether behaviors drive mindset. As is sometimes the issue with these sorts of questions—especially questions that touch on the brain’s executive function—the only correct answer is that it depends. Are behavioral solutions sufficient to create and maintain a leadership style?
Impact Your Team in Seconds with Positive Microbehaviors
It takes only seconds to make or break a team member’s day. These brief interactions are called microbehaviors. Our microbehaviors have the potential to make an immediate and positive impact on someone else. Fine tuning your microbehaviors is not as heavy of a lift as you might think.
The Myth of Manager Vs Leader Is Harming Your Organization
In the business world there has been a myth that managers and leaders are fundamentally different. CPED Instructor Betsy Hagan challenges us to take these existing opinions and ideas and reframe them for today’s business environment. It’s time to reframe the juxtaposition of management vs leadership roles.