“Regardless of the size of the company he or she leads, every CEO can learn to be a better nurturer of talent and builder of teams. Warren Bennis once observed that whether or not leadership is well understood, it’s impact on performance is dramatic and unmistakable. An Accenture study several years ago noted that the…
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DON FRERICKS LEADERSHIP COACHING CLIENT CASE STUDY
Founded in 2002, The Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) is a cutting-edge center for innovation and technology commercialization. WBI provides breakthrough solutions to US Air Force’s most complex initiatives by leveraging resident experts, unique facilities, disruptive innovation processes and extensive networks. WBI drives defense and commercial market solutions through exceptional innovation leadership. For example: they developed…
Houston, We Have A Problem
Our Smartest People Are Not Leading Well AND We Are Not Prepared to Develop Them Point #1 Businesses will be significantly reducing or eliminating employee training for the rest of 2020 and perhaps beyond. In industries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, training and development functions will be wiped out. Due to the depth of…
Should a leader be more challenging and demanding to be more effective?
Should a leader be more challenging and demanding to be more effective?
Blind Spots & Emotional Triggers
Leadership is hard work; it starts on the ‘inside’. To be great, we must become aware of our emotional triggers! I recently failed. . .
Self-Awareness for Leaders
Self-awareness enables someone to become a better leader. Without awareness of what we do & don’t do and more importantly what works & what doesn’t work, we don’t improve. Outstanding leaders work hard at being aware of their leadership actions.
Blind Spots
“If you had a blind spot, would you want to know about it?” At first the question seems to be easy. The more you think about it, the harder it gets. One common answer is; “it depends”. Leaders striving to be outstanding will seek to know how they are perceived by those they lead. This…
What is the Foundation of Great Leadership?
I have never fully reflected on this question until recently. Could there be a singular item that creates a foundation for outstanding leaders? The tap root of a tree enables the root system to grow in such a way that the tree becomes tall&strong enough to survive damaging storms, droughts, and attacks from insects. It…