TCL Video Series: Interpersonal Skills with Justin Foster
The Complete Leader faculty member Justin Foster talks about the competency of interpersonal skills for leaders – how it needs to be “activated” and how to go about this.
Why Personal Branding is Critical for Today’s Leaders
By Justin Foster, Strategy Magazine, October 2015
As part of our approach to helping leaders develop their personal brands, we have our clients send out a five-question brand perception survey to 15 to 20 people in their circles of influence. Similar to 360 surveys, our survey helps provides data and insights on how a person is perceived by others. A new client recently sent her survey out and received this response from a friend: “What?? You’re a brand??” Read More
Recognizing the 5 Symptoms of ‘Shopkeeper Syndrome’
By Emily Soccorsy and Justin Foster, AllBusiness, August 2015
There comes a point in the leadership of every privately-held company when the owner is forced to relinquish a healthy amount of control in order for the company to grow–or continue controlling everything and stagnate. Read More
The Challenge of Developing & Coaching
3 Tips for Moving Potential to Performance
By: Ron Price
One of the great tenants of a leader is the ability to move potential into performance through development and coaching. Yet many managers face obstacles when it comes to developing and coaching their teams.
In most organizations there is often the unspoken belief that developing employees is not a primary part of the job. Developing and coaching others doesn’t usually show up on the annual performance evaluation, yet it can be a critical part of company growth. Read More
How To Be Taken Seriously As A Young Leader
By Justin Foster, Fast Company, July 2015
Young leaders (35 and under) possess self-confidence, drive, and creative thinking. Yet they often struggle with how to present themselves as leaders when working with leaders from older generations. Regardless of age, it’s important to cultivate what I call your Leadership Brand. It is a blend of self-worth, talent, value, and perception that is unique to each person, regardless of role or title.Read More
3 Branding Essentials for 2015
… and how to screw them up.
At a recent conference, I was asked what 2015 would be the year of. My response: 2015 will be the Year of Executive Awakening. Executives of organizations large and small will finally embrace modern branding. Even if just to play catch up, it still means that 2015 will be the year that the principles of social business will be embraced and promoted.
At the core of this shift from grudging acceptance to full endorsement are three branding essentials. But because old habits are hard to break, executives can still mess them up with traditional thinking and methods.Read More
Are You Getting Leadership Development Wrong?
When it comes to leadership development, organizations are operating in a completely different arena than they were even five years ago. Developing leaders into today’s business climate has a unique set of challenges. The leadership drought and the leadership gap have created a substantial deficiency for both the quantity and quality of leadership.Read More
The Link Between EQ & Branding
I recently opined in a tweet that branding is an extension of a leader’s EQ. That low EQ leads to bad branding decisions, lack of awareness & message obsession. This post came from observing some recent behaviors displayed by leaders.Read More
Why Bacon Brands Beat Oatmeal Brand
“Bacon is a great metaphor for the perpetually interesting brand.” Taking a cue from comedian Jim Gaffigan (Bippity-boppity-BACON!), strategist and speaker Justin Foster has found that, while it may seem silly, bacon is an amazing metaphor for how we build and grow unique and engaging brands.Read More
Why Bacon Brands Beat Oatmeal Brands
Featuring Justin Foster, Brand Driven Digital, March 2015
“Bacon is a great metaphor for the perpetually interesting brand.” Taking a cue from comedian Jim Gaffigan (Bippity-boppity-BACON!), strategist and speaker Justin Foster has found that, while it may seem silly, bacon is an amazing metaphor for how we build and grow unique and engaging brands. We couldn’t wait to chat about bacon brands on this week’s On Brand podcast.Read More