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Leadership Domain: Chapter 1 (3 of 3)
How does someone become a great leader?  Excellent question: how does anyone become great at anything?  I think most successful people would agree that it takes a lot of hard work.  Throughout the years, leadership has been studied to the point that the Knowledge,...
Leadership Domain: Chapter 1 (2 of 3)
Are you a born leader, or can anyone become a leader? In this series, we explore whether someone is born a leader and what leadership might look like in our personal lives. Articles in the leadership domain are topic-specific and fall into one of three categories:...
Leadership Domain: Chapter 1 (1 of 3)
So, what is a leader?  Let's begin by establishing that the words leader or leadership can take many forms depending on the context and/or position we’re talking about.  Although there are correlations and commonalities, there are also significantly different...
Leadership Domain: Chapter 1 (3 of 3)
How does someone become a great leader?  Excellent question: how does anyone become great at anything?  I think most successful people would agree that it takes a lot of hard work.  Throughout the years, leadership has been studied to the point that the Knowledge,...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Roles and Responsibilities (7 of 12)
Whose turn is it to take out the trash, change the diaper, or reset the Netflix password?  Roles and responsibilities guide our personal and professional lives, probably more than we would like to admit.  Roles and responsibilities can be a good thing.  Too many of us...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Structure (6 of 12)
Most of us are familiar with organizational charts.  In hierarchical organizations, they help depict who works for whom.  But how often do we stop to analyze the organizational structure in the context of the mission, information management, timeliness of...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Strategy (5 of 12)
The US military defines strategy as an overarching construct outlining a combatant commander’s vision for integrating and synchronizing military activities and operations with the other instruments of national power in order to achieve national strategic objectives. ...
Building an Organizational Foundation from the Top Down – Mission Statements (4 of 12)
A mission statement is a succinct and focused statement that articulates an organization’s purpose, core activities, and primary objectives.  It defines the organization’s fundamental reason for existence and serves as a guiding principle for decision-making and...