Become a Lifelong Student to Learn Leadership Skills and to Enhance Your Career Opportunities

Anyone who leads a team or organization should strive to constantly learn leadership skills. Because the business environment changes, the way we lead must change. The best way we become better is to be dedicated to learning. We must become flexible to the needs of the situation and to the needs of the team we …

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Communication Practices for Improved Team Cohesion and to Build Trust

Leadership has daily challenges, and to help build trust, you must implement best communication practices. Without solid, clear communication, your team is doomed to mediocrity. People will become confused and felt left out of the loop, which often leads to mistrust and lower performance. In this post, I am sharing a few additional communication techniques …

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Why Your Personal Character Means Everything When Leading a Team

Your personal character, as displayed through your words and more importantly your actions, determines the trust relationship within the team. Trust is the essential element to building a great, high performing team. Leaders should be exhibiting the same high level of behavior that they expect from their team members. Leadership requires great commitment to get …

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Increase Your Promotion Potential by Improving Your Personal Competitive Advantage and Finally Get Noticed by Senior Leadership

You have recently observed that your peers are getting recognition from the senior leadership, and even a promotion or two has been granted, but you believe that you have earned it too. You work hard at your job, are dedicated to the team, and are very dependable. You are asking yourself, “Why didn’t I get …

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Finance & Accounting Leadership vs. Management: Why I Prefer Leaders in the Long Term Over Managers

Leaders develop and leverage the talent on the team to deliver a better process in the long term. Opposite of that, managers lean toward process completion no matter how they get there. As leaders, we cannot escape necessary management requirements. Tasks need to be complete, budgets must be developed, and schedules made; however, let’s not …

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