TCL Video Series: Identifying Emerging Leaders with Ron Price
In this short video, TCL faculty member Ron Price talks about how to identify emerging leaders within your company and determine who should be running your organization in the future.
Developing Persuasion is a Daily Pursuit
Building the Three Critical Aspects of Persuasion
Effective leaders take people places they wouldn’t otherwise go, and inspire people to make commitments they wouldn’t otherwise make. Read More
The Importance of Developing Empathy as a Leader
Key Ways to Develop This Vital Trait
Empathy is perhaps the most valuable skill for human beings to possess. There is increasing evidence that empathic living with others is the much-needed antidote to the self-absorbed individualism we’ve been suffering from as a culture and in the workplace for the last century. 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
Yin Leader Tony Hsieh
In the West, we tend to emphasize leaders who are competitive, aggressive, outgoing and charismatic (a.k.a. extroverted). Extroversion is yang. Yin leaders are different. This series highlights those differences, pointing to effective leaders from today and throughout history that exemplify the other side of leadership. In truth, we need both kinds of leaders to be healthy and balanced in our organizations.Read More
Understanding Stress in the Workplace
Identifying the Signs of Stress and What to Do About It
The only way to combat stress is to recognize it early, and to implement a plan to correct it. Are you or your team members experiencing stress? Here are some of the most common signs of stress:Read More
The Business of Being Authentic
With his engineering background, Rodger Price is most in his element when he’s planning and designing development systems for his clients. His analytical mind and specifically tailored programs, combined with his background in corporate talent management, give him a unique perspective for developing leaders and teams.We sat down with Rodger, who is the most recent addition to The Complete Leader faculty, to talk about his development philosophy and the importance of being true to your design.
What is your favorite part of coaching leaders?
I have always enjoyed seeing that light bulb go on for people. It’s remarkable what learning will do for your career. I like to help people learn, and I enjoy learning myself as well.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
Dan Price on Being Authentic and Providing Opportunities for Your Team
At the beginning of April, Dan Price, founder and CEO of Gravity Payments in Seattle, announced that he was raising the minimum salary at his 120-person payment processing company to $70,000. Most of the money for these raises will come from cutting Dan’s salary from $1 million to $70,000 per year as well. The rest will come out of the $2.2 million the company expects to earn in profit this year.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