Jul
19
Zindart, Ltd.
Perform or Go.
“After I got a few years of management under my belt, I developed an assessment tool I could take into any company. It revolved around asking three questions:
What business are we in?
What kind of organization do we need to execute?
What metrics should be used to monitor and measure our activities?
“With these three [...]
Jul
18
Xerox Corporation
Get the cow out of the ditch.
The following is based on a speech that Xerox CEO, Anne Mulcahy, delivered to the Detroit Economic Club in September of 2002.
As Anne sees it, one of the most critical leadership skills is the abilityto lead an organization out of a crisis and turn negatives into positives quickly.
“Xerox [...]
Jul
18
Wf Young, Inc.
Constantly initiate change.
Strategic innovation is a hot topic today on the business seminar circuit, and many of the CEOs we interviewed, including Tyler Young of WF Young, Inc., rank innovation and change high on their list of priorities.
“My success as a leader has come about due to my ability to constantly initiate change,” [...]
Jul
17
Welch Allyn
I believe in a highly interactive, personal approach with employees and customers.
“I believe in a highly interactive, personal approach with employees and customers,” says Peter Soderberg of medical equipment manufacturer, Welch Allyn. “ This method utilizes one of my personal strengths, which is interpersonal communication, to paint the corporate vision. The way I communicate [...]
Jul
17
Watermark Capital Partners, LLC
Lead by example.
“Lead by example,” advises Watermark’s CEO, Michael Medzigian. “Expectations must be set very high in order for an organization to achieve and maintain world-class status.
“I don’t believe that it is practical for a leader to set higher goals for others than he demands of himself. Excellence begets excellence! Part of [...]
Jul
16
Walt Disney Internet Group
I believe there is inherent leadership in the strength of a well-organized, focused team.
“I don’t think about leadership as a set of techniques or planned behaviors or an image. I don’t have a particular secret or set of leadership rules that I consciously follow,” insists Steve Wadsworth, President of Walt Disney Internet [...]
Jul
16
United States Mint
One idea that changes the world.
U.S. Mint Director, Henrietta Holsman Fore, organized her responses to our interview questions as so:
Ideas that change the world. When you assume a position of leadership, look for one or two big, bold ideas that will change the world and make it better for everyone.
A visionary and practical [...]
Jul
15
U.S. Department Of Commerce
Put your trust in other people and they will trust you.
“Put trust in other people, and by trusting others, I have found that they will trust you,” says U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Don Evans. “Nothing is more important to being an effective leader than having an unshakable trusting relationship with those whom [...]
Jul
15
Transperfect Translations
Have a service orientation.
Liz Elting’s most powerful leadership secret is to, “have a real service-orientation with employees and clients. Get feedback from the people-you want to influence and use it where appropriate.
“For example, when speaking to clients in biotech and pharmaceuticals, they said they were interested in working with an ISO 9001:2000-certified company. As [...]
Jul
14
Trans National Group
Value, empower, and appreciate your staff.
“Value, empower, and appreciate your staff,” advises Trans National’s Steve Belkin. “I send a birthday card and write a note thanking them for their caring and effort. For the company’s 10th, 15th, 20th, and 25th anniversary, we took the entire staff to Bermuda for the day to thank [...]