How New Leaders Can Create a Sense of Belonging
There’s a certain level of disruption that occurs when new leaders join an organization. Take the following scenario, which I witnessed firsthand at one of my clients. He was the fifth senior director in two years to lead a key department in a global technology company. No wonder the group was suspicious. Based on early […]
Read MoreHow Great Leaders Bring Us Together
Great leaders aren’t great alone. They’re hubs that bring people together. This lesson on leadership isn’t intuitive, and it wasn’t for me. But through my friend and colleague Steven Skinner, a Cognizant associate whom I deeply admired and who sadly passed away in 2019, I learned this and other leadership lessons that only grow in […]
Read MoreThe Leadership We Need Today – And Tomorrow
In our divided and socially-distanced COVID age, leadership has never been more important. But effective leadership for these times is as difficult to find as it is to define. Is it an iron-fisted presence that commands respect? Deft negotiating to topple opposition? An irresistible influence to sway crowds? In our experience, the best leaders are […]
Read MoreWant a High-Performance Team? Ask an Olympic Gold Medalist
For those in the business world, it’s not exactly intuitive to find much in common with an Olympic gold medalist. But after hearing Kate Richardson-Walsh describe what it takes to develop a high-performance team, I clearly saw how we can all come closer to achieving our goals if we approached them with the same spirit […]
Read MoreFocus on Asia: 4 Myths of Digital Transformation
Asia is fast becoming the center of digital innovation for the world. The region accounts for half of the world’s total 2.8 billion Internet users, and it is already the largest regional e-commerce market. By 2025, today’s fast-changing technologies — including the mobile Internet, the Internet of Things, cloud technology, 3-D printing and advanced robotics […]
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