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Leadership Is More About What You Relinquish Than What You Hold Tight
Bessie Kokalis Pescio, Vice President, Global Internal Communications at Philip Morris International There’s a lot of talk right now about the caliber of leadership required to guide employees through the debris left by a global pandemic. With the workplace in a chapter of rapid change, and many employees still working remotely while others return to the…
Read MoreWomen Leaders on the Rise Leadership Program Addresses Research Showing Women Get Stuck at Bottom of Career Ladder
Leslie Grossman Men outnumber women nearly 2 to 1 in reaching the first rung of the corporate ladder according to research in the fifth annual Women in the Workplace study by McKinsey & Co and Lean In. The study also states that women are not held back by either lack of ambition, or a desire…
Read MoreWe All Need Leadership Presence
Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D. You are talented, skilled, and highly competent, with positive business results that have been responsible for your career progress to this point. What more could you possibly need? At a certain level, the force that will catapult you to more senior positions of leadership may have less to do with the…
Read MoreEdelman Announces Major Leadership Changes: Promotes Russell Dubner & Lisa Osborne Ross
CommPRO Editorial Staff Edelman has named Russell Dubner global vice chairman and chair of the Edelman Trust Institute and Lisa Osborne Ross CEO of Edelman’s U.S. operation. In a new role for the firm, Dubner will lead three key planks of the firm’s global agenda: corporate development, encompassing M&A and venture investments, alliances and partnerships,…
Read MoreFrom Internship to Leadership, or the Road from an Intern to Managing Director in 10 years
Roxana Diba is the New Managing Director of Golin Romania CommPRO Editorial Staff Starting May 2021, Roxana Diba will be the new Managing Director of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) agency Golin, one of the main PR agencies in Romania. The management team is completed by Cristina Butunoi, who will become the agency’s Deputy Managing Director.…
Read MoreDiversity Action Alliance Announces New Leadership Team for 2021
CommPRO Editorial Staff The Diversity Action Alliance (DAA), a cross-industry coalition dedicated to increasing recruitment, retention, and representation in management for people of color and other under-represented groups in the communications field, announced today the addition of three newly elected leaders for its board of directors. The DAA board, comprising communications industry leaders and DE&I experts, will…
Read MoreFive Ways to Nurture Positive Leadership, Offer Hope and Help Others
Dr. Susan Kuczmarski, Ed.D., Leadership Expert and Co-Author, “Lifting People Up: The Power of Recognition” Inclusiveness is a key leadership skill. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was exceptional at being inclusive. All leaders can learn from Dr. King’s use of positive leadership and expressions of hope. Leaders who nurture inclusiveness among employees often…
Read MoreHPL Leadership 2021 Outlook: Looming Challenges, New Opportunities and Cautious Optimism
Hot Paper Lantern While this year has presented many unique challenges for communications professionals, it has also brought new opportunities. We asked our leadership team what they predict the next year will look like. Here’s what they had to say: “2021 will continue to affect how we work, collaborate and spend time together as Americans.…
Read MoreInclusive Leadership
Ronn Torossian, CEO, 5WPR As if the pandemic wasn’t enough to keep leaders up at night. Tragic events earlier this year and mounting pressure also have leaders seeking ways to be more inclusive. Many companies have since ramped up their diversity and equality initiatives and programs. This year, the difference is that many of…
Read MoreDo You Have a Leadership Presence?
Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D Leadership presence is a blending of attitudes, qualities, and behaviors that send all the right signals and makes you stand out from your peers. But leadership presence isn’t automatically assigned to you because you have a leadership title, advanced technical skills, or a high-level of leadership potential — and it’s not…
Read MoreKen Jacobs Shares Nine Critical Leadership Traits for Today
Due to COVID19 it’s been more challenging than ever to lead: Our teams, our peers, our stakeholders, our leaders, and yes, ourselves. And it appears that these uncertain times will be here for a while longer. As a result, the aforementioned groups are exhausted. You might be too. But these times that can try people’s…
Read MorePerhaps the Largest Failure of Leadership in U.S. History
Helio Fred Garcia Leaders are judged based on how they deal with their most difficult challenges. Inspired leaders rise to the occasion and ignite and inspire their people to a common purpose. Ineffective or malign leaders fail to rise to the challenges before them, and almost always make matters even worse. In two of my…
Read MoreCarol Kinsey Goman Releases New Book, “Stand Out: How to Build Your Leadership Presence”
New Book Reveals How to Use Body Language to Increase Leadership Effectiveness, Build Trust & Inspire Other CommPRO Editorial Staff In business, first impressions are crucial—especially during 2020 and the age of Zoom meetings. If you are labeled as “trustworthy” or “suspicious,” “powerful” or “submissive” everything else you do will be viewed through that filter.…
Read MoreThink Bigger with Thought Leadership
Stacey Ross Cohen, CEO/President of Co-Communications So, what exactly is a thought leader? And how can it benefit you? A thought leader is considered an authority on a particular subject matter or industry. They share their deep knowledge, insights and ideas with audiences through speaking engagements, media interviews and content development — — and have…
Read MoreThe Massive Leadership Reset
Deanna Brown For decades now, businesses large and small have relied on a standardized set of leadership rules: tactics, mindsets, behaviors, rules that have evolved in mostly small, incremental, digestible ways. Then…our entire world changed, seemingly overnight. We scrambled. We made do with makeshift set-ups and processes. It was okay when our child or furry…
Read MoreBody Language & Leadership Presence
Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D. Lately, unsurprisingly, I have had increased interest in how to use body language when on a Zoom meeting. Here’s a link to an article from TechRepublic quoting me on the topic. And if you want a broader body language perspective, take a look at my LinkedInLearning course: Body Language for Leaders. Virtually or in…
Read MoreLeadership During COVID-19 – Perspective from Ken Jacobs, Communications Industry Executive Coach (VIDEO)
Communications industry coach Ken Jacobs shares perspective on leading during the pandemic, in the latest of our 3-minute Communicators-to-Communicators videos. Principal of Jacobs Consulting & Executive Coaching, Jacobs is a CommunicationsMatch™ partner. In response to the question: What does it take to be a successful leader during the pandemic and has this changed? he notes that…
Read MoreContrasts in Leadership: Cuomo v. Trump
Helio Fred Garcia, Executive Director, Logos Institute for Crisis Management and Executive Leadership Leaders are judged based on how they deal with their biggest challenges. In the COVID-19 crisis we see a contrast of leaders so stark that it can serve as a leadership laboratory for future generations to study. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo…
Read MoreLeadership in Action in a Crisis: Governor Andrew Cuomo
Leslie Grossman, The Voice for Courageous Collaborative Leadership Among Women and Men In the midst of a crisis, we look to our leaders to enable us to endure and persist. I have been listening to Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York State speak at his daily press conferences addressing the Covid-19 pandemic. I have been…
Read MoreHow to Rekindle Confidence in Your Leadership After a Crisis (Not What You Think)
Adele Cehrs, CEO / Founder, When + How Agency Chip Massey, Former FBI Hostage Negotiator and Special Agent, Partner, When + How Agency If you’re a leader, spokesperson or authority figure for your organization, then I have an important question for you: What separates an organization that successfully rebounds from – and even thrives…
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