Interesting research! “A new white paper from The Ken Blanchard Companies shows that poor leadership is costing the average company an amount equal to 7% of their annual revenue. That’s over a million dollars a year for any organization with $15 million dollars or more in annual sales. The three big culprits? 1-Employee turnover. Poor leadership is...

Back in December 2009, I blogged about the ‘CEO’s from Within‘. In that article, I expressed my opinion on the viability of having a CEO from the inside, from within the senior leadership of organizations to reach the helm and be the next-CEO. I still believe in this opinion. Nonetheless, It’s fair to mention that It came as a surprise to me...

“Practicing each dimension of the centered-leadership model is linked to higher levels of personal and professional satisfaction. Leaders who master the art of leading from their core— using several dimensions of the model we call “centered leadership”—are likelier than others to be passionate about their work, effective as leaders, and satisfied with...

  Many talented senior executives admit to feeling a sense of powerlessness at work. But there are steps they can take to regain control, according to new research from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®), a top-ranked global leadership education and research organization. A sense of powerlessness is understandable “due to the nature of today’s...

 Gulf-based company bosses have failed to show adequate leadership amid the current economic downturn, two-thirds of respondents to an Arabian Business survey said. Sixty-eight of people who took part in our online poll were critical of the way their company chiefs were acting as businesses attempt to cope with the impact of the global slowdown. Our survey...

 Up to 62 percent of managers in the Middle East are having a negative effect on their workforce, which has a direct impact on reducing their bottom line, according to a new survey. Findings from the study carried out by Hay Group show that just 16 percent of business leaders in the region are creating a high performance environment for the people they manage. Of...