The Leadership Journey podcast keeps you in-the-loop with all things related to leadership. Listen online, in the car, on the treadmill or wherever you are. The Leadership Journey podcast travels with you while providing the latest insights about what it takes to be a leader and build a team that meets its goals and gets results. From interviews with professional poker players to examining the leadership skills of terrorists, guerillas and gang members to looking at new ways to innovate performance – there’s something for everyone.
As COVID-19 restrictions ease, leaders are inviting people back to the workplace. And, not everyone is ready or eager. What we’re hearing is a mixed bag of emotions, with some people excited to go back to their traditional office, others who want to remain virtual…
No doubt, these are dynamic and unprecedented times for Boards. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic and it’s daunting, challenging and severe demand on leaders of companies, the world economy was already a rapidly shifting experience for companies. Include the California mandate requiring adding women…
“We will be stronger. Let’s not waste a crisis.” As the world battles the COVID-19 crisis, leaders heading businesses are making difficult, high stakes decisions under volatile, uncertain and ambiguous conditions. Garry Ridge, Chairman and CEO of the beloved WD-40 company, is responsible for developing…
People don’t quit their job – they quit their boss and the company culture. In our current world of 3.6% unemployment, your most valuable skill is your ability to attract and retain top talent. So, how do you keep your best people? Recent Gallup research…
The work you do every day as a leader matters and it impacts all of your stakeholders, for better or for worse. Besides having performance goals raised every year, creating high performing teams, recruiting and grooming new talent, all while growing the bottom line…
With a seat at the leadership table, a strategic budget and Board support… you will unleash a marketing super power. According to Board advisors, when a company brings in a new President from outside their organization, one of the first two positions that President personally…
Corporate Directors’ Forum shares their Diversity Strategy Even with continuous, unassailable evidence showing that companies with diverse leadership teams have better innovation, cultures and financial performance, U.S. businesses are significantly lagging on the diversity front. While many leaders realize they must take action, many aren’t…
Why should you care? California made the first move in 2018 by passing bill SB 826 to insure that publicly traded CA companies reflect gender diversity on their Boards. Currently, women hold 17.7% of Board seats in Public Companies, which is remarkable given research shows…
76% of Senior Executives report they’re miserable in their roles…here’s how to change that. For the first time in 50 years, job candidates control the market! Why are many executives feeling dissatisfied in their current role? Much of it is because senior leaders and…
What Directors and Leaders Should Know Now The premise of blockchain is brilliant: a decentralized ledger that eliminates the possibility for failure by taking centralized components out of the picture. Specifically, what blockchain technology is meant to do, is automate trust. Proponents predict blockchain will…
