The Leadership Insights Blog by Liz Weber, CMC, CSP

Effective Leadership Strategies to Boost Your Business

It’s Not Done Until Its Purpose Is Served

There’s an interesting trend I’ve been observing of late: Leaders are ‘accepting’ projects as being ‘DONE’ even though the goal doesn’t fulfill its purpose or the true need for it in the first place.
4 Ways To Lead Up Without Embarrassing the Leader

How To Lead Up Without Embarrassing the Leader

I had the opportunity to watch a leader ‘lead up’ last week. A new client had asked me to attend their board meeting so I could gain a better understanding of their organization, history, culture, and their future.
How Valuable Is Your Time

How Valuable Is Your Time?

How valuable is your time? I’m not asking what your hourly pay or rate is, but rather, how important is your time to you in ensuring your organization’s success?
15 Steps to Building Depth and Developing Talent in Your Organization

Strategic Workforce Planning – Build Depth & Develop Talent

The Vice President of Human Resources called. “I need to create a Strategic Workforce Plan for our company, get our leadership team on-board, teach all managers how to do this, and then implement this thing.
Would You Want to Work for “You”?

Would You Want to Work for “You”?

If you had the opportunity to work for yourself, would you? This question has been popping up in conversations with several clients lately. It’s come up during a board strategy session.
Exceeding Customer Expectations

Exceeding Customer Expectations

The “buzz” in customer management arenas continues to be “Customer Expectation Management”. Customer Expectation Management or CEM is a way of doing business that focuses heavily on delivering not only a quality product, but delivering that product with service that exceeds the expectations of the customer.
Are You Doing What You're Paid To Do? (Coded Task List)

Are You Doing What You’re Paid To Do?

At work, how often do you feel like a chicken with your head cut off? You run around all day handling one crisis after another. You run from one meeting to the next. You take one phone call after another.
Create a Succession Plan in Eight Steps

Create a Succession Plan in Eight Steps

I was recently asked by an association president what basic steps he and the executive committee should consider as they create a succession plan that's effective and simple.
Clear Needs Lead to Clear Hires

Clear Needs Lead to Clear Hires

I received a telephone call recently from a client desperately trying to fill a vacancy in her accounting office. After describing the situation she read the position description to me.

Developing Your Future Leaders: It’s Your Responsibility

Many business owners still believe their Human Resources (HR) department is primarily responsible for developing their organization's future leaders.