The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP

Effective Leadership Strategies to Boost Your Business

Love to Hate Meetings

Love to Hate Meetings

If you ever want an easy topic to generate debate among a management team, try: Meetings - A waste of time or an effective use of time?

Who Do I Want As My Customers?

We've been doing a lot of work with clients lately on fine-tuning their marketing efforts. A crucial step in this process is getting crystal-clear on just who they want to have as a customer.
Communication is a Beautiful Thing

Communication is a Beautiful Thing

A beautiful thing happened during a client work session this past week: The management team experienced the value of clear, honest communication.

Afraid to Be a Leader?

It's happening again. I'm witnessing a new "leader" become ineffective and the senior team's confidence in him is starting to lag.
Accountability - It's Expected

Accountability – It’s Expected

Leaders think beyond the current frustrations and pressures. That's how they identify opportunities and foresee roadblocks. That's how they do their jobs. That's how they're able to lead. That's how they do what is expected. That's why they're respected.
Be Fair and Share

Be Fair and Share

Are you being fair with your managers? Are you sharing critical information with them in a timely manner? Are you developing performance standards for them and the company and then not sharing those standards with them?
Are Your Biases Blocking the Message?

Are Your Biases Blocking the Message?

In recent client planning sessions, I've noticed a troubling trend: many leaders don't listen. Oh don't get me wrong, the leaders hear words.
If I Were To Bump Into You...

If I Were To Bump Into You…

I recently bumped into "Terry," the president of a company I worked with four years ago. During my engagement with them, we'd done strategic planning, leadership succession planning, and lots of management team and systems development (i.e., process and procedures development and management training).

Guest Post: Gina Schreck

We have a special guest on the blog today. Technology expert Gina Schreck, founder of Synapse. Gina has written a terrific article that we'd like to share with you.

A Self-Respecting Leader: Robert 'Tink' Lehmer

I never met Robert 'Tink' Lehmer. I wish I had. He thought the way great leaders think. I say this because of a little poem he wrote in 1976.