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Interview with Shane Gibson on leading in turbulent times

Posted on January 28, 2009 | Leave a comment

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Shane Gibson of Knowledge Brokers International last week on subject of Leading in Turbulent Times.  Click here to go to his blog where you can listen to the podcast or click here to hear the podcast in iTunes.  He asked some fantastic questions; he’s clearly someone who is up-to-speed with what is really happening inside organizations today.

Interview with Shane Gibson

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Results-focused CEOs outperform high EI CEOs

Posted on January 26, 2009 | Leave a comment

Brad Smart, co-author of the book Topgrading, has written a fascinating blog post that references two new studies which seem to somewhat contradict what the HR community has been saying with respect to results-focused CEOs and high emotional intelligence CEOs and the connection to company performance: “University of Chicago researchers studied 225 CEOs assessed with Topgrading methods, and found that CEOs who were extremely results-oriented delivered much better financial results than CEOs high in Emotional Intelligence.”

Apparently the results point to a “disproportionate emphasis” on EI vs results orientation in the hiring process.

The CEOs we’ve worked with over the past 10 years at ViRTUS who have the highest performance and the lowest senior rank turnover consistently show a blend of results focus and strong emotional intelligence (which they are consciously developing).

What has your experience been with your CEO?

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How to Know if You’re a Great Leader?

Posted on January 8, 2009 | Leave a comment

Not sure if your leadership abilities are up to par? Why not ask your direct reports?

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Leadership in the land of Google

Posted on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment

I received this link today from Tana Heminsley (we work together at ViRTUS).  Tana has a passion for Authentic Leadership and so she sent me this video of Bill George, speaking about Authentic Leadership at Google.  He interviewed 125 of the top leaders alive today to find out what is at the core of their leadership strength.  It’s almost an hour long so you may want to fire up your email at the same time.

(Update Nov 9. 2008) A few people let me know that they are suffering from information overload and another hour long video wasn’t helping, so here are the top five learnings about what you can do to develop yourself as a leader from the video above:

  1. leadership is about internal development and introspection (self-awareness) not how you create a perception for the public
  2. know your values and what’s really important to you
  3. it’s the sweet spot at the intersection of your greatest strengths and your greatest motivation.  If you’re not sure what your top five strengths are then take the Strength Finder 2.0 assessment
  4. find a support team and mentors who you can be totally honest with and who can be totally honest with you
  5. lead an integrated life by being the same person in all areas of my life (authenticity)

Bill shared a story from the CEO of Avon as well with the lesson to follow your compass not your clock – life is long so focus on doing the right things according to your values instead of sacrificing your values for fear of missing out a career shortcut.

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