Sentences with phrase «better at leadership»

I know I'm good at what I do, but having important management responsibilities thrown my way has shown me I'm better at leadership than I ever thought I was.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people I know are very good at leadership.

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And how about this uplifting message from Jagmeet Singh after he won the leadership of the New Democratic Party on the weekend: «At a time when people are feeling so despondent, when there is a lack of hope, when it feels like things will only get worse before they get better, Canadians must stand united and champion a politics of courage to fight the politics of fear.»

«Trump is no Lyndon Johnson,» says Robertson, «and while he is better than Obama at working congressional leadership, my friends tell me there are already antagonisms at the staff level between the Speaker / majority leader in the Senate and the White House.»

In leadership roles that have high visibility, being at your best every day is essential to creating an environment conducive to hyper - growth.

Gillian Thomas, senior staff attorney at American Civil Liberties Union Women's Rights Project, says that in order to create safer spaces for women, individuals in leadership positions must do a better job of setting a good example.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

They have higher self - esteem, more dedicated work teams, stronger leadership skills and they perform better at work.

In 2008, the institution's leadership team learned through the results of the first Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers Systems (HCAHPS) that patients» perception of their experience at the clinic was well below average in virtually every individual measure.

He was featured in Crain's «40 under 40»; awarded Irish America's Business 100 profile four years running; and was honored to be guest speaker at The Wharton School of Business on entrepreneurship and leadership as well as Cornell and DePaul Universities.

As an organization, we have looked at leadership and thinking styles for the very best CEOs and there are several things they must have.

The management and leadership structures that work well with a company of 50 people may not work at all with 250.

Look at the leadership team and the press around them and their social media as well.

«Every leader at Caterpillar has two responsibilities: leave the place better than we found it and in more capable hands, which requires a focus in leadership development.»

Just because someone sits in a leadership position doesn't mean he or she will be any good at inspiring others to do good work.

Followers do accept requests without complaint, and perform just as well as their counterparts, but the lack of independent thinking and leadership is a major fault when you look at your company from a distance.

«Creating thought leadership pieces and providing them to your clients not only reflects positively on your knowledge of the industry, but it also arms your clients with the ability to answer questions... This makes them look good in front of their peers,» writes Justin Freid, vice president of emerging media at CMI Media.

No matter which side of the political fence you live on, President Obama is good at moving his agenda forward from a leadership perspective.

Original Imprint, 2016), leadership consultant Jim Schleckser argues that the best CEOs aren't the ones who spend 100 hours every week at the office — instead, they are the ones who know how to effectively spend their time.

Creating a better work experience for all starts at the leadership level.

You might think leadership is all about putting your best foot forward and honing your talents, but according to Chisa, one of HBS's central insights on leadership is that you need to focus on what you're bad at as well.

It's also landed the company at the top of Chief Executive Magazine's list of the best overall companies for leadership development for the past three years.

Chesky, who recently talked to Fortune about his leadership strategy, agrees, saying «It's very important that I spend my time looking over the horizon... A lot of the things I've been doing, maybe Belinda is a lot better at them than I am.»

After a four - year stint as CEO at 3M, Jim McNerney assumed the leadership of a highly scandalized Boeing and in a decade, has regained its global luster as well as delivering 228 % shareholder returns (annualized at 12 %).

When sizing up a nonprofit, use similar basic criteria that an investor would in a for - profit venture: Take a close look at the organization's leadership, programs, activities, and strengths, as well as the risks associated.

And I knew that while there were a lot of things going wrong for the board and leadership at Yahoo, there were a lot of really good people there working on the products.

As you identify your high - potentials for leadership roles, the ones who will really get their tribes to respond and engage at a high level will listen with this modus operandi: how can I help my follower to be the best person and employee he / she can be?

«At the time I thought it was kind of pointless, but it ended up really exposing me to leadership opportunities and showing me that I wasn't good at a lot of things, instead of sticking to things that I was comfortable with.&raquAt the time I thought it was kind of pointless, but it ended up really exposing me to leadership opportunities and showing me that I wasn't good at a lot of things, instead of sticking to things that I was comfortable with.&raquat a lot of things, instead of sticking to things that I was comfortable with.»

Once you master that understanding — that true leadership at its best is about serving the needs of others on a human level — there are certain innate traits you'll find in the best of them.

Because if your good people and loyal knowledge workers are seeing any of these eight toxic habits in action (the first four are about management; the rest are about the workplace), the leadership battle at the top may already have been lost.

In my years in leadership at the American Society of Journalists and Authors, I've encountered many people who like pushing buttons and are good at it, writers not always being the most mild - mannered of people.

It may sound old - fashioned in this day of selfies and instant video chats, but sometimes a brilliantly written letter can show leadership at its best.

The best example of «For All» leadership among our list companies was demonstrated at Workday (No. 7) by co-founder & CEO Aneel Bhusri, who asked us to query our global database to establish a benchmark based on the top 10 percent of the best leaders in the world using our new methodology.

We asked some of the attendees at the 2017 Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference held in San Francisco about the secret to good leadership in a world of rapid technological change.

Good leadership puts a priority on making the right (or at least best possible) decisions and accepting that they might not make everyone happy, much less win everyone's approval.

We think Centerbridge understands that investing in VRX is not a good bet until Valeant's leadership fully addresses the serious corporate governance flaws that are the source of the problems at the company.

To determine which communities are a good fit for the initiative, Starbucks looks at all the available data on the socio - economic health of America's cities to understand which communities have the biggest opportunity gaps, which have the biggest need for business investment and leadership, and where there is local movement underway to build a better future for its residents.

Happy employees, in his view, make better decisions, excel at managing their time, and possess other crucial leadership skills.

But such a scenario, which seems unrealistic on its face, is at best a long way off given the near - certainty of another divisive Liberal leadership contest.

We've also tracked Exabeam's growth against a number of public security companies and the top - line acceleration is well ahead of most other companies when they were at this stage» said Lightspeed Partner Ravi Mhatre, «Exabeam has moved extremely quickly to establish its leadership position in the market and holds all of the promise of becoming a standalone public company.»

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In search of best practices, Egon Zehnder and Family Business Network International interviewed executives and studied recent leadership transitions at 50 leading family firms around the world.

A good early - stage CEO needs to be accessible, to be accountable for producing results and should be establishing the cultural norms of the company through direct leadership at all levels.

The Mavens & Moguls team also turned a well - received bylined column on Forbes.com (reaching 8 million readers) into a monthly leadership guest column by one the book's editors who was a C - level executive at Cendant Corp..

Last month in Harvard Business Review, Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, who run a leadership development consultancy, published «What Great Listeners Actually Do,» arguing that many of us assume we're good listeners, when in reality we're sorta terrible at it.

Jyoti has been a recipient of many leadership awards, including Forbes» «Best Cloud Computing CEO to Work For», and «Best CEO» by San Francisco Business Times at the Annual Tech & Innovation Award.

The SEC's corporate governance proposals call for increased disclosure about a company's «leadership structure» and an explanation as to why «the company believes it is the best structure for it at the time of the filing.»

We can certainly say that the Six Seconds training proved decisive in pushing managers and middle managers towards improving their leadership skills and towards applying at best the personnel development practices offered by our department.»

SkyWest, Inc.'s executive leadership team is focused on delivering the best operational performance in the industry and taking good care of the nearly 20,000 aviation professionals who work at SkyWest.

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