Geese, Not in Bottles, As Leaders
Huawei, a Chinese tech firm and competitor of Apple and Samsung, introduced a new leadership style in 2012 – a rotating CEO/Executive Management Team (EMT) structure based on...
People Follow People… Not Just Great Ideas with Kathy Cramer
It’s no wonder that public confidence in leadership has been declining; the leaders who know how to lead positive are in short supply. But if you look a...
What Chickens can Teach Us about Company Culture
The organizational patterns of a chicken coop may not be the most likely place to model company culture. But what happens when you model a chicken coop after...
Musical Leadership: Control and Collaboration
Conductor and Maestro Leadership Program founder Itay Talgam's October 2009 TEDtalk Lead like the great conductors is about how great conductors demonstrate different qualities of leadership. The true nature...
Cardinal Rules for Leadership
While the Cardinals played the Mets in a four game series, Forbes released a brief review of Mike Matheny, his management of the St. Louis Cardinals and his...
The Hollywood Business Model & Leadership
Leadership in the workplace is changing rapidly. Business methods and management practices of the past are quickly becoming obsolete in our hyper-connected age. Models of thinking, managing and...
Leadership That Betters Our Lives Not Just Our Work
On Thursday, May 14, the COCAbiz Session featured Bob Chapman, chairman and CEO at Barry-Wehmiller, and moderator Dr. Kathy Cramer, Ph.D. At the bizSESSION, Chapman challenged traditional thinking...
Be Human Salon with Chris Reimer
What does it mean to be happy at work? What does happy look like? How do we achieve this happiness? Chris Reimer, an award-winning social media strategist, entrepreneur,...
It’s Not About the Money, It’s About Purpose
Fast Company recently asked millennials to participate in a study that focused on what they valued in an organization. The study found that millennials would rather work for an...
To work is human – or is it? Musings from Happywork’s Chris Reimer
We are all so different. Instead of embracing tried and true phrases like, “We’re all made from the same stuff,” and “Diversity is our strength” (both of which...