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By Mandi Stanley, CSP For five years I served on the faculty of the American Management Association International, traveling and teaching one-day seminars. More specifically, I worked the five-cities-in-five-days circuit. For example, Monday might find me in Denver; Tuesday in Salt Lake City; Wednesday in Boise; Thursday in Seattle; and Friday in Portland, Oregon. To prepare […]

By Peter Sheahan, CPAE Leaders who matter – the ones who continue to drive innovation, who accelerate disruption, who turn companies around and who start up companies that change the world – were all a part of the research and case studies that went into writing the book MATTER. As we talked with and read about these […]

By Liz Weber, MBA, CMC, CSP How much of an impact is your leadership having on your organization’s culture? If you don’t already know, it’s time to stop and assess its impact. If you do already know, and the impact you’re having isn’t positive, what are you doing to correct it? If you already know […]

By Steven Iwersen, CSP Do you remember the last time you went to the bookstore and stood in front of the leadership/management section perusing the titles for the one perfect book that might help you become a better leader?  What were some of those titles?  Could they have included… The One Minute Manager by Blanchard The Five Dysfunctions […]

By Jeanne Porter King, PH.D. Women need each other to build bridges to our success. Without these bridges, too many of us just fall through the cracks. One of the core principles I have come to embrace for cultivating women’s leadership in organizations and institutions is to help each of us develop and cultivate the […]

By Patrick J. Donadio, MBA, CSP, MCC My first “paid speaking engagement” in 1986 was a disaster! Here is what happened. As they read my introduction, I began to feel myself getting more and more nervous. By the time I got up to speak, I was so nervous I forgot my opening. Next, I had […]