The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP

Effective Leadership Strategies to Boost Your Business

The Greater Legacy

The Greater Legacy

In facilitating a client’s strategic planning retreat recently, one the the board members, known for having a healthy ego, kept pushing for a legacy event that would carry his name.

Stop Ruining Our Workforce

This past week, I’ve had two colleagues share stories they’ve experienced directly or observed first-hand. Each tale provides insight into the decline in the quality of our workforce.

Making Knee-Jerk Decisions Doesn’t Mean You’re a Jerk

You've just had an urgent problem dumped on your desk, posed to you in a meeting, or presented to you by a client. The situation is tense. Emotions are starting to flare, and all eyes are looking to you to act. What do you do?
Are Your Bad Habits Killing Your Business?

Are Your Bad Habits Killing Your Business?

Human beings tend to be creatures of habit. That's good in that we can enhance our efficiencies by doing things over and over again. However, we can also become a bit too comfortable with our habits.

Stop Doing One Thing!

I've been reflecting on a recent conversation with a client. The conversation was similar to two previous conversations we've had concerning inaction by his managers. However, this time, without planning to say it, I simply said, "We've discussed this same problem three times now.

Why Don’t Many Mergers Meet Expectations?

With a headline like: Most Heath System Mergers Don’t Meet Expectations – Will Lancaster General Health and U.Penn Be Different?

Maintain Your Place at the Table

I've been speaking to a number of Human Resources professionals groups lately and sharing my speech: How Does HR Get A Respected Seat at the Strategic Planning Table?
Leadership Ethics – The Golden Rule

Leadership Ethics – The Golden Rule

Here’s an article pulled from the archives. It’s sad to say, but what I wrote in 2002 is still right on target – if not more so – today. “At this moment, America’s greatest economic need is higher ethical standards, enforced by strict laws and upheld by responsible business leaders,”
Quit Working So Hard

Quit Working So Hard

Are you exhausted at the end of every work day? Do you lay in bed at night worrying about how you're going to get everything done? Are you regularly trying to identify new ways to bring in more sales, increase business, or in some other way "get ahead"?
When Leadership Pretends Not to See

When Leadership Pretends Not to See

"How can I let the leadership team know my manager is a really poor manager and our team is falling apart because of him?"