Level Five at the Simon School
Robert and John are featured faculty members in the recently published brochure for Simon School’s Executive MBA program. Click here to view the brochure.
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Connecting the Dots: Balance = Exceeding Strategic Goals
As we’ve said before, companies that invest in their leaders are consistently more profitable than those that don’t. So if that’s the case then where should your investment go? One of the key goals you should establish is to attain higher levels of work/life balance across your leadership and those they lead. How do you … Read more
The Myth of Work-Life Balance
After some discussions and reflections, we have come to the realization that the concept of work-life balance is flawed – in fact, it’s simply wrong. OK, so what’s wrong with it? First, it implies that work and life are distinct entities, as though we enter a different universe when we go to work every day, … Read more
The Balancing Act: Manage Time Well
How well do you and your team spend their TIME? Do you strike the right balance? How well does your team manage time? In our “Turning the Battleship” leadership workshop at Nazareth College on 19 November 2014, several attendees asked us, “How do you follow the sixth of The Big Six Leadership Principles®, ‘Balance the … Read more
What is Values-Based Leadership?
Values-based leadership is a commitment to doing the right thing by making decisions and choices based on values. 1. Leaders “walk the talk” with… Integrity Personal Will Mentoring Balanced Perspective Humility Self-Reflection Servant Leadership 2. Teams reflect the example of the leadership. 3. Values are in the DNA of the organization. Values-based leadership can only … Read more
Humility: A Key Ingredient Of Level Five Leadership
Humility and Leadership “Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able and yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.” William Penn Seems paradoxical, doesn’t it? Why would the best leaders even value humility, much less personify it? Author Gadadhara Pandit Dasa wrote about this paradox in a … Read more
