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From Disney to Diverse Leadership with Former Walt Disney World Parks President, Meg Crofton

Consulting Matters

Meg's impressive journey to the top and her insights on leadership and personal development are truly enlightening. Growing up with a father involved in the space program and an education in marketing, Meg’s roots have significantly influenced her perspective on leadership.

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How to Build a Networking Strategy, On-Air Coaching with Vern Schellenger

Consulting Matters

I asked Contacts Count President and Networking Guru Vern Schellenger to do an on-air coaching session with me to help me craft my own personal and business networking strategy. The 8 competencies developed by Contacts Count contain skills, behaviors, tools, and strategies you can learn to make networking an Art not an Accident.

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Back to the Basics in Leadership and Life with former EVP of Operations for the Walt Disney World Resort Lee Cockerell

Consulting Matters

Lee is not just a great leader; he also turned his leadership success into a highly profitable leadership and management training business, so he's got some best practices on how he stands out in the market and wins clients. Betsy is the host of the weekly Enough Already podcast, blog, and YouTube channel, with over 300 episodes.

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Leadership Challenge: Be Your Own Disruptor

Makarios Consulting

This is the fourth installment in our blog series, Taking up the Leadership Challenge about James M. Posner’s classic work The Leadership Challenge. This blog is about the third of their Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® and goes by the name Challenge the Process. You have to test unproven strategies.

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Leadership Factors for Faster Strategy Execution

LSA Global

Why Leaders Need to Create Faster Strategy Execution We think of strategic speed as the ability of an organization and its leaders to move quickly enough to take advantage of market opportunities and offset competitive threats. Most business leaders consider the speed of successful strategy execution to be paramount to sustainable growth.

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Stages of Power in Leadership and Organizations

Consulting Matters

The other day I wrote an article on the difference between power over and power with/within leadership approaches. In a nutshell "power over" leadership is all about control and dominance and finding one's source of power from a position, titles, salary, etc. The Four Stages of Power in Leadership and Organizations.

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11 Best Consulting Blogs: Read These Blogs To Grow Your Consultancy

Tsavo Neal

When is the last time you read a helpful blog article that gave you actionable advice to improve your consulting business? Did you know that there are consultant-specific blogs that host such advice? Although books are a fantastic way for consultants to learn how to run a more profitable business — blogs can be just as helpful.