Hal was a new leader over a team of six followers. He committed to his manager that he would be a “learning leader,” and read leadership books to improve his skills. Almost every month in team meetings Hal included a book report on his latest book and the leadership techniques he wanted to put into practice. At first the team was receptive, but after the […]

There is an age old question: are leaders born or made? If they are born, it would seem they are equipped to handle the challenges of leadership for any situation. If they are made, it will require constant training to navigate new scenarios. Whether leaders are born or made, when they don’t have all the answers, they will be able to lean on more seasoned […]

Once an area of waste has been identified and a specific problem is identified as the “best” opportunity, the next step often involves finding the root cause of the problem. This is a critically-important step and, if we’re not careful, we can find ourselves working on the “wrong assumptions.” In fact, we’ve consistently found that few things are more dangerous than common knowledge – when […]

This article is an introduction to a new leadership model as the title of this article states. Many leaders today are not simply operating on the traits of one particular model but on a combined model or to non-traditional leadership practices. Many consider current leadership models to be outdated and therefore in need of drastic change. Intelleformational leadership (SM) has been designed for that purpose. […]

The truth is, relationships are so imperative in business that without them you will not be able to create a profit. You’ll need to build relationships with many different types of people. Relationships with vendors, contractors, employees, clients and customers are all part of doing business. In fact, some will argue that relationships are one of your most important assets in your business. They Build […]

Many businesses spend countless hours of time and money creating an intensive business plan. They work with their leadership team to formulate dozens of ideas. Then they develop a strategy around those concepts to help their company grow. Unfortunately this skillfully crafted plan often gets left on the shelf, gathering dust. Instead of focusing on newly established goals and objectives, the business owner immediately gets […]

Regardless of size, it takes a lot to be a successful enterprise, particularly today as organizations are now operating in the Covid-19 New Normal. There’s a lot of moving parts within an organization: processes, business model, alignment, strategies, customers, and of course, employees. Tying it all together can be challenging. But’s that’s where leadership comes it. Behind every great organization, is strong leadership. Employees execute […]

On the 1980s HBO show Not Necessarily the News, comedian Rich Hall created Sniglets, which dictionary.com defines as “any word coined for something that has no specific name. Words like Jokesult (When someone insults you, you call them on it, and they say, “It was just a joke.”) and Chwads (discarded gum found beneath tables and countertops) were born to humorously explain commonplace things or actions. […]

Some time back I was in a meeting with a project manager who presented the status on his troubled project to the project sponsor and other executive stakeholders. This project was of high interest to the sponsor and stakeholders as they were depending on its successful completion to make some major changes in their respective organizations. The project sponsor asked the project manager a very […]

SharePoint Online services SharePoint Forms and workflows: One of SharePoint’s most noteworthy qualities is its capacity to pull client information from effortlessly adaptable structures, arrange it into segmented records, and set it to work in various formats and databases. Tragically, numerous online aides portray the shape setup process in engineer language or recommend you utilize the SharePoint Designer application. In case you’re more code-shrewd than […]