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Why Having Vision Matters

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

The business world is constantly changing, and as leaders, we have to change with it. But changing in this fast-paced environment is about more than just generating ideas and being innovative, it’s about having the vision to help drive those ideas. It’s about having discernment and foresight. It’s about knowing where you’re going.

As leaders, vision is a necessity, but it’s also important to communicate that vision to your employees. Sociologist and author, Dr. Bertice Berry, has been quoted as saying, “Without vision, people perish.” To have engaged, productive, and successful employees, your team has to know where you’re going together. It’s important that they understand and get behind that vision and know how their job impacts it. Read More→

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What’s Your Outlook on the 2011 Job Market?

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

As we welcome 2011, the economy continues to slowly show signs of improvement. Many are optimistic that hiring trends will continue to increase, despite lingering economic issues. Economists anticipate the job market will show steady improvement as employers gradually add new staff to their teams in 2011. This is good news for both the unemployed who are trying to get back into the job market as well as employees who feel the stress because of increased workloads they have shouldered over the last year.

So, how do you feel about the job outlook as we begin a new year? Let us know by voting in this month’s poll.

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Famous Office Foxes (And What You Can Learn From Them)

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

fox90With a keen sense for facts and information, the fantastic office Fox is a highly analytical and perceptive leader. He behaves and acts on ration and logic. Cunning and resourceful, in the wilds of the workplace, he’s aware of every looming obstacle, trap, and pitfall. But, with so many details and statistics to consider, the office Fox can be skeptical and pessimistic, with a tendency to over-analyze and ignore his gut feelings and natural intuition. A perfectionist who’s task-focused and inflexible, the office Fox can also be antisocial. And, his ability to outfox his co-workers is often intimidating.

If you’re a Fox, or work for someone who is, watch these famous office Foxes in action for an up-close and personal look at their untamed leadership style.
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Leadership Lessons You Can Learn from Hockey

Friday, April 9th, 2010

TalbotAs the regular season for the National Hockey League winds down this week and I think about how last night my favorite team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, will play their last regular season game ever in Mellon Arena, I started thinking about the leadership lessons you can learn from hockey.

Inspire passion. As a Penguins fan, I’ve seen the unbelievable difference a coaching change can make for a team. In February of last year, it didn’t look like my Penguins were even going to make the playoffs. They looked tired, and their hearts just weren’t in it. Then the head coach was let go, and Dan Bylsma took over. Bylsma was the head coach of the Penguins American Hockey League team affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins, and had served as an assistant coach for the NHL’s NY Islanders, but had never been the head coach for an NHL team. As a fan, I was a bit nervous, but not for long. The change in the team was instantaneous. They had their passion back, and it showed. They started winning games, and ended up finishing fourth in their conference (the top eight teams from each conference go to the playoffs), and then they went on to win it all in the Stanley Cup finals. As a leader, you fulfill the same role as a coach by instilling passion into your team.
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Apple iPad

Have you caught the iPad fever yet? Now’s your chance to win one – and discover a little more about your leadership style, too!

In honor of our upcoming global simulcast event, Leadership Instinct, we’re giving away an Apple iPad to a lucky Refresh Leadership reader.

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