By Michael Holland To reap the benefits of a highly engaged workforce, you must have really good leaders. Really good leaders know their behavioral styles and the traits and habits that work well in various situations and environments. They know their leadership DNA. They gained this insight because they were randomly picked to be leader [...]
It’s December 2016 – yes, that’s right – December 2016. That’s not a typo. It’s time to think about December 2016, even though it’s only December 2015. Now is the time to think about what you want next year to look like – without getting overwhelmed by the process. Time passes quickly. Great leaders have [...]
By Michael Holland Great leaders are life long learners consuming blog posts, articles, videos and books to gain perspective and increase knowledge. Leverage that driving or flying time - or get away from the in-laws time - this holiday with a good book! Here are 4 books I recommend for this year. Get [...]
by Michael Holland Obstacles confront us daily. Leaders get the opportunity to not only overcome their own challenges, but to also guide others to persevere through/over/past their challenges. Matt and Kim Shell are my heroes. They are leaders of a very small team that in 2009 faced challenges that tested the deep reservoirs [...]
by Michael Holland We desire to be led by leaders who are fully engaged with us, fully supportive of our growth, completely in tune with our personality gyrations, mature in their patience and perspective of our season in life, insightful to our motivational triggers, and proud of our effort to accomplish and achieve. We can [...]
Are you a person that gets “charged up” and excited by tight deadlines? Working under pressure at a rapid pace is energizing to you. But what if you work with others who need time to process information and have a high need to be organized and analytical, or their stress level peaks? Knowing this about [...]
by Michael Holland I had the opportunity to moderate an armchair discussion between two CEOs for an audience of HR executives. Not surprisingly, a predominant theme during the discussion focused on leadership. Here’s a rundown of some of the salient take-aways from these two CEOs regarding what they look for in leaders. Read. [...]
By Michael Holland Great leaders are life long learners consuming blog posts, articles, videos and books to gain perspective and increase knowledge. Leverage that driving or flying time - or get away from the in-laws time - this holiday with a good book! Here are 4 books I recommend for this year. Get [...]
by Michael Holland See if you can answer these questions. What team won the last Super Bowl? Name the last 5 Super Bowl winning teams. Who won on last season's Survivor reality TV show? Who were the last 5 winners? What team won the World Series this year? Name the last 5 World Series winners. [...]
by Michael Holland Febreze is a magical mist sprayer that covers up almost any smell. In truth, it neutralizes the odor by binding "malodorous molecules" in a super-secret process, and the results are tremendous. But Febreze almost didn’t make it to the shelves. In the first market tests, the chemical was so effective that after [...]
