By Drs. Sheila Boysen, Mike Cherry, and Lesley Page A common series of questions asked in courses and seminars focused on leadership are, ‘Who are your leadership role models?’ and, ‘What are the effective leadership…
By Drs. Sheila Boysen, Mike Cherry, and Lesley Page “Positive leadership aims not just to create positive emotions in people—to help people feel happy—but to dramatically affect organizational performance for the better.” This quotation from…
By Brook Rushing Introduction Companies of a variety of industries and sizes all over the world realize that to thrive in today’s complex, competitive, and volatile landscape they need strong, capable leaders. According to several…
By Drs. Sheila Boysen, Mike Cherry, and Lesley Page In 2001, Jim Collins, author of the classic book Good to Great, penned Level 5 Leadership for the Harvard Business Review. The content for this article…
Sheila Boysen, Mike Cherry & Lesley Page 2021 The last 15 months have changed many aspects of how our organizations function. This can throw a wrench into the most well laid strategic plans. We know,…
By Drs. John Ashburn, Jr. and Mike Cherry There are a tremendous number of coaching assessment tools currently in use. Commonly, these tools are broadly divided into assessments that measure various cognitive functions, and those…
Whether it’s a slow time with layoffs and downsizing, a pandemic, a natural disaster, too much unexpected competition, or something else altogether, there are all kinds of ways a company can end up in crisis.…
Executive coaches and leadership coaches perform similar roles within the business world, yet these two coaching careers do have some subtle differences. Understanding how they are different is important when deciding how to steer your career or…
INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper was to review literature that discussed the evolution and application of an underlying theory used for the implementation of organizational change. The author chose to explore sociotechnical systems…
By Drs. Sheila Boysen, Lesley Page and Mike Cherry Fred Kofman in his book, Conscious Business: How to build value through values, suggests that we, and our employees, can/may fall into two groups based around…