Servant leadership can save the health care profession
There are several leadership models which health care leaders can utilize: transactional, adaptive, transformational and servant. Servant leadership may be the best model for health care organizations because it focuses on the strength of the team, developing trust and serving the needs of patients.
Eight really good reasons why you hired the wrong person
After years of working with sales leaders, senior executives, managers, and business owners, we’ve put together a list of the eight most common reasons why the wrong person gets hired so often:
Outcomes of transformation: the four keys to reproducible results
When you embark on your leadership journey to foster a transformative work environment, it is critical that you can ensure consistency and long-term success. There are four keys to reproducible results for business leaders, entrepreneurs and executives to consider on the path to transformation.
Innovative ways to inspire others to adopt new ways of thinking
To shape new behaviors and incite change, you must explore the flaws and strengths within your team’s current realities and provide them with the tools to form new realities.
Got employee alignment? Five ways to grow it in your business
One of the primary traits of a successful leader is the ability to inspire people around a purpose, a mission and a vision. Leaders who are most effective at motivating and organizing people towards a common vision do five key things very well.
Be anxious for nothing!
When you are in a conversation with someone, are you actively listening or impatiently waiting to speak? Over the years I have learned to “Be Anxious for Nothing.” In other words, slow down. Let it come to you. Don’t force it!
Solving your organization’s wicked problems with 'wicked strategies'
To develop Wicked Strategies, I propose a management system that is driven by the organization’s identity— its core values, its enduring aspirations and its distinctive competencies; that employs a Modular Organizational Structure that enables transformation and embraces change and that emphasizes Feed-forward processes that create a desired future — rather than feedback which focuses on lessons from the past.
Hamburger lovers flock to Akron to celebrate an American original
Check out this month’s Uniquely feature on the National Hamburger Festival in the Digital Edition of Smart Business Akron-Canton!
Ending the battle between business and IT
Automation is a force that is driving change throughout the entire BI stack. Just look at the proliferation of self-service data visualization tools. But self-service analytics can quickly go awry without adequate governance.
Five advantages of establishing an apprenticeship program
It’s a great way to obtain an education and a job without going into debt. Though the average STOBER apprentice age is about 29 years old, we’ve had people in their 40s apply for the program. We retain 85 percent of our apprentices after graduation. Additionally, our growing reputation as a “people developer” has greatly increased our ability to attract top talent.