In Part 1 of this series, I made the case that predators likely exist in every workplace. And I posed the question: What can leaders do to protect our...
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Boards and executive teams everywhere spend an unbelievable amount of time and energy on developing their company’s mission statement. To be fai...
Read MoreYour Workers Don’t Give A Rat’s Patootie About Your Precious Mission Statement – 4 Questions To Give People Something To Believe In
At one time I had a team of staff & volunteers whose job was to clean and maintain medical aids for bathing, toilets and mobility. Quite frankly p...
Read MoreToday I’m Going To Completely Demoralize My Entire Staff! – 3 Tips To Ensure That Never Happens
So you have been hired as a CEO or other senior role. The first thing you need to understand is that your job is to achieve the organization’s strat...
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Stanley Milgram carried out one of the most famous psychology studies in 1963.[1] He focused on seeing how far people would go in obeying an instructi...
Read MoreThe Shocking Truth – You Can’t Standup To Authority {Get a Ethical Decision Making Checklist}
If you are leading a team, you probably got there because you were good at the tasks you are now managing. You likely have the same background ...
Read MoreThe 1 Thing You Need To Forget To Become A Better Manager
In this episode, Chris Knutson, PE interviews Steve Armstrong, leadership coach and no stranger to leading during an emergency, or crisis situations,...
Read MoreDelivering Leadership During A Crisis Situation – Steve is interviewed by The Engineer Career Coach Podcast
I have been a Boss and a Leader for most of my working life. I held leadership positions in youth programs, in the Army, as an entrepreneur and in the...
Read MoreThe Number 1 Test To Ensure You Sleep Well As A Leader
Disruption is everywhere – the price of oil is on a roller-coaster and taking businesses and economies with it; industries displaced by technology; ...
Read MoreWhen The Watering-Hole Shrinks: 6 Ways You Can Build A Resilient Organization
“I hate the term ‘new normal’.” Steve Armstrong insists, indicating that change is inevitable and those in leadership positions must not be co...
Read MoreResilience & Recovery: How to survive and thrive in a new normal
When someone enrols to take my online education seminars, I ask them a simple question: As A Leader What Is The One Thing That Is Keeping You Awake At...
Read MoreThe 1 Thing You Need To Do When You Wear Your Heart On Your Sleeve
I have the privilege to work with a network of strong and diverse leaders. Over the next few months I will be sharing their insights on leadership and...
Read MoreBoomers, Millennials Change and Risk – Talking About Leadership & Change With Ann Rosenfield
We often think a crisis as a flood, fire or other disasters. But a crisis can be caused by a death, an organizational change or any event that rattles...
Read More4 Leadership Actions You Need To Survive A Crisis A Hero!
Note From Steve: As my blog and posts gather larger audiences, I have been blessed that my readers trust me to share their good and bad leadership exp...
Read More5 Tools That Helped Me Survive A Workplace Bully {Guest Post}
When someone enrols to take my online education seminars, I ask them a simple question: As A Leader What Is The One Thing That Is Keeping You Awake At...
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