Hi Reader, What are the biggest leadership problems organizations are dealing with right now? Karl Bimshas Consulting is conducting The Leadership Problems Pulse: What’s Getting in the Way? to find out. We're asking executives, business owners, managers, HR professionals, consultants, and other organizational leaders to assess 30 leadership conditions based on what they're actually seeing in their organizations. It takes about 5–7 minutes to complete. The study focuses on what is happening...

Reflections on Leadership Accountability Isn’t a Threat Leadership Drift This Week Accountability Isn’t a Threat When performance slips, deadlines are missed, commitments are broken, or people fail to do what they should, someone eventually says, “We need to start holding people accountable.” A phrase that sounds less like leadership and more like a threat. That bothers me because when done right, accountability is one of the healthiest things leaders can create. Unfortunately, we have turned...

Reflections on Leadership Leadership Shouldn't Require People to Guess Leadership Drift This Week Create Your Leadership User Guide Most leaders assume they're easy to work with. After all, they know their intentions. They understand why they make decisions, how they communicate, what frustrates them, what inspires them, and what they expect from others. But everyone else has to try and figure it out. Your team doesn't have access to your internal operating system. They observe your behavior,...