How do you define success for your team? Take a moment to think about this question. Consider the leaders in your life—a boss, mentor, teacher, or coach—who have shaped your understanding of what it means to achieve. Did they focus solely on metrics like sales targets or performance ratings? Or did they inspire you to […]
Remote work has transformed how organizations operate, with virtual teams becoming the new normal across industries. According to a 2023 report by Buffer, 98% of remote workers want to continue working remotely at least part of the time for the rest of their careers, highlighting the increasing demand for flexibility in the workplace. However, managing
Effective leadership has never been more critical. Whether managing a team in a high-pressure corporate setting or guiding a group through the challenges of a start-up, the leadership style you adopt can significantly impact the success of your organization. Two of the most prominent leadership styles—transactional and transformational—offer distinctly different approaches. While transactional leadership centers
Remote work has transformed how organizations operate, with virtual teams becoming the new normal across industries. According to a 2023 report by Buffer, 98% of remote workers want to continue working remotely at least part of the time for the rest of their careers, highlighting the increasing demand for flexibility in the workplace. However, managing
Would you like to be a better leader? A more effective mentor? If so, you can probably benefit from reflecting on past mentors of yours who have influenced you. For me, it was a favorite teacher of mine back in 6th-grade when I was 11 years old. Mr. Fernholz was a young and engaging teacher.
I have always loved the Game of Thrones TV series. What has fascinated me the most is the treatment of the Trusted Advisor, beautifully portrayed by Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister. Tyrion embodies important ingredients of a trusted advisor who influences decision-makers, as we’ll see below (WARNING: some plot spoilers ahead). To influence without authority,
Deadlines, changing priorities, and relentless distractions make it challenging to bring our professional best to every task at work. Some days are frustrating, some infuriating. No one feels like they are hitting on all cylinders in terms of creativity and energy 100 percent of the time. But what about those core values that characterize our personal best?
Originally published in PM Times on May 23, 2016. How would you solve this problem? The US VA has unacceptable wait times for veterans seeking medical assistance. The VA medical centers around the country are overbooked and understaffed. Some veterans have to wait months for appointments and treatment. There has been negative media attention on this
Originally published April 11, 2011 My husband and I belong to a mystery book club. Every month we read and discuss a book loosely categorized as mystery fiction. Recently one of the members asked whether the book we had just discussed was really a mystery. Good question, since each of us had different ideas of
Exciting news for Watermark Learning! Our CEO, Elizabeth Larson, and President, Richard Larson, received an exclusive invitation to attend the Small Business Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. May 11-13, 2015. They are a part of a select group of 100 small business owners from across the U.S. to participate. In the last few years, Elizabeth
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