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November 10, 2011June 24, 2017

How Extraordinary Leaders Communicate: 7 Principles of Fierce Conversations

Sheila Madden, CEO, Madden Coaching & Consulting

As I watch the staggering inability of the world’s leaders to communicate with integrity and to engage people in solving the problems we face, I am reminded of one of the best leadership books I have ever read: Fierce Conversations, by Susan Scott.

Does the word “Fierce” scare you? It shouldn’t. The lack of it is what should scare the living daylights out of you. As defined on the book’s cover “fierce” means “robust, intense, strong, powerful, passionate, eager and unbridled.”
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September 21, 2011June 24, 2017

20 Habits That Can STOP You From Being An Extraordinary Leader

Wisdom from Marshall Goldsmith & Peter Drucker

One of my favorite leadership books is Marshall Goldsmith’s, “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There”. I particularly like the chapter on the 20 habits that can keep leaders, and subsequently their organizations, from being extraordinary and reaching their full potential.

Goldsmith shares a great quote from Peter Drucker:

“We spend a lot of time teaching leaders what to do. We don’t spend enough time teaching leaders what to stop. Half the leaders I have met don’t need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop.”

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August 21, 2011June 24, 2017

Why Organizations Are Failing And 4 Ways To Fix Them

Organization and leadership models have failed to keep up with the evolution of the workforce. The result? An astonishing under-performance of most organizations and billions of dollars being spent on solutions that fail because they focus on symptoms instead of the real problem.
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June 6, 2011June 24, 2017

Executive Compensation That Drives Accountability & Success

Nowhere do you get what you pay for more than with executive compensation.

This blog is Part 3 of my series on the 5 Steps To Ensure Executive Success.

If you want to set a room on fire with passionate debate, mention executive pay. Many people got their first purview into the world of executive pay during this economic crisis and were horrified at what they saw. The number one culprit? The convoluted relationship, or lack thereof, between pay, performance and accountability.

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May 10, 2011June 24, 2017

4 On-boarding Strategies That Yield Executive Success

The Primary reason for executive failure remains constant and there is no reason for this to be the case. Employing simple strategies can turn this trend around.

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April 22, 2011June 24, 2017

5 Steps To Ensure Executive Success

The Top Reasons For leadership Failure

Problems developing interpersonal relationships
Difficulty building and leading teams
Inability to adapt and manage change
Functional and narrow focus versus strategic total business focus
Failure to deliver results

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March 18, 2011June 24, 2017

Conscious Capitalism

Sheila Madden, CEO, Madden Coaching & Consulting

Can Businesses Do Well By Doing Good? You Bet They Can!

Business has been, and should always be, a powerful force for good in the world generating not just financial wealth but social, emotional, intellectual and cultural wealth as well. This is the message of Dr. Rajendra Sisodia, Professor of Marketing at Bentley College, John Mackey, Co-Founder and CEO of WholeFoods and other global thought leaders involved in the Conscious Capitalism Institute. http://www.consciouscapitalism.org/whatis-conscious-capitalism.html
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