The Underside of Command – Case Example of Leadership from Gettysburg

Decision-Making | Fictional Case | History | Leading Teams | Tools for Leaders | Trust The following case study is on decision-making that occurred during the Battle of Gettysburg and was written by the Founder of Leaders247, Gordon Whitehead. The case was developed...

Four Traits of a Leader

Leadership Traits | Training Important Traits to Consider Alex Shootman, CEO of Workfront, shared with Leaders247 four key traits of a leader. Leaders who possess or are developing themselves along these four traits tend to think about their organization, their work,...

Rachel’s First Meeting

Meetings | New Leaders Fictional Case by Gordon Whitehead, Founder of Leaders247 Rachel is new to the company and is having her first management team meeting. After you read the case, how do you think she did?  The Meeting Rachel greeted each of the team members with...

Micromanagement vs. Engagement

Empowering | Micromanagement Empowerment is a Circle of Engagement We interviewed Mark James, a Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Procurement, and Communications at Honeywell, and asked him about leadership and empowerment. In this segment of his interview he...

Recipe for Empowerment

Empowering | Transparency | Trust Authority + Resources = Empowerment Logic of the Recipe The word empower is comprised of two parts: em + power. The etymology of the word “em” or “en” comes from French and Latin words that mean...

Four Indicators of Leadership

Discipline | Morale | Motivation | Team Assess Your Leadership 4 Simple Ways to Assess Your Leadership Impact The good news is you don’t have to buy a tool, develop a survey, or hire a consultant. If a leader is really honest with him or herself, then this simple...

How to Delegate

Delegating | Tools for Leaders If You Are Overwhelmed as a Leader – Work on Delegating One of the most common problems a new leader faces is that they quickly become overwhelmed with their new responsibility for the workload of the organization combined with...

Empowerment

Empowering The Recipe for Empowering Others Empowerment is a simple formula: Authority + Resources. If a leader tells someone they are empowered but they do not give them those two elements, they are misleading their people and laying a foundation for discouragement...