A stakeholder is anyone who shares (or might share) one or more of your objectives or goals. In other words, anyone who has some stake in the work you do or its outcome. Stakeholders can sit inside or outside your organization, and increasingly they sit in different time zones, different business units, or different companies […]
For decades, organizations have used the same blunt instrument to reward good work: a promotion. The best salesperson becomes a sales manager. The strongest engineer takes over the engineering team. The most reliable analyst gets handed direct reports. We tell ourselves we are advancing top performers. What we are actually doing, in most cases, is […]
Self-awareness has been identified as a cornerstone of leadership success. No leader is equally strong in all areas, and characteristics that were strengths yesterday may actually impede progress tomorrow. You need to know where you are strong and where you need development. It is important for leaders to look objectively at their particular competency profiles […]
Jesse Jacoby
Jeff Shuck
