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...

Ralph Goes Looking or Stays Working

Business Leadership | Communicate | Delegating | Fictional Case | Leader-Follower | Leading Teams | Prioritizing A Fictional Case This fictional case illustrates two scenarios: (1) How a mismanaged 1-1 can contribute to strategic drift and employee disengagement, and...

Delegation Misfire

Delegating | Leader-Follower | Micromanagement | Trust Case-Based Example of What Not to Do   by Gordon Whitehead, Founder of Leaders247 This case provides an example of how it can be complicated to effectively delegate if you are under management scrutiny and...

Culture Leads to Engagement

Culture | Engagement | Motivation Employee – to – Employee Engagement Cyriac Roeding is a German-American entrepreneur and was the CBS Executive Vice President who started the CBS Mobile division. In the above video he explains how culture is like a wind...

Lead from the Why

Leader-Follower | Motivation | Strategic Execution | Vision | Your Why Purpose, Cause, Belief are Strong Triggers Simon Sinek’s TED talk explores the point that great leaders are able to inspire others to action because they operate from a position of the...

Why People Follow Leaders

Leader-Follower | Motivation | Vision People Choose You Subscription leadership is the millennial pattern – and it’s a good one. Like social media, where we choose who to follow and unfollow with a click, followers do the same with leaders. The upshot of this model is...

Make Meaning out of Work

Motivation | Productivity | Team Productivity Dan Ariely The fact is, people who work in the knowledge industry want their work to be valued, they want to be valued, they want their time to be used wisely, and they want to contribute to great things. Great leaders...

Don’t Collect Rocks

Making Meaning out of Work | Morale | Motivation Destroying Morale Making sure meaningful work happens requires a leader to slow-down, to clearly prioritize, and to work with the team to define clear and firm concepts for what the work is going to be. Remember, your...

Motivation – What Works?

Motivation Short-Term & Long-Term Impact Modern management and leadership myth suggests that people can be motivated to certain actions with a strong verbal queue or some sort of “kick in the pants” approach. Even at the highest performing athletics...

Lead People – Not Paper

Administrative | Leading Teams The Basic Question Every leader should ask themselves a basic question: “Do I care about people.” Let’s be honest – if the answer is no, then get out of the leadership business. But, if the answer is yes (which we hope is the case) then...

Leverage Others

Leading Teams | Learn from Others | Team Leaders247 Founder Gordon Whitehead interviewed Niel Nickolaisen the Chief Technology Officer for O.C. TANNER. In this segment of the interview, Niel shared the importance of leveraging the talents and wisdom of those around...

The Corporate Apology

Apologize | Honesty | Transparency | Trust Apology Model At some point in your career, something will go wrong. When that moment happens, the way you deal with it will make all the difference. Your reaction will set the tone for everyone around you, including the...

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...

Reverse Delegation

Bad Boss | Delegating | Trust When Your Boss Doesn’t Delegate to You – Use Reverse Delegation When the boss doesn’t seem to be able to delegate, our advice is to be patient. When we have a boss who doesn’t seem to understand how to delegate the...

360 Transparency

Bad Boss | Delegating | Empowering | Trust A Story of Common Confusion Hello Grace, good morning. Good morning Ralph. Grace, I have something I need you to do – we have this new product hitting the market as you know. Marketing is pushing us to get the customer...

Are You a Trusted Leader with Social Capital?

Social Capital | Trust Social Capital – A Principle with Action An important measure of the level of trust others have in you is reflected in your social capital. Social capital is a power currency of influence. Individuals with high degrees of social capital...