Forbes Features Friends of the CVDL in New List In late January, Forbes magazine published it’s first list of the best small companies in the country. Explaining what makes these companies so great, Bo Burlingham, the Forbes contributor who organized the list and the original author of Small Giants – the book that inspired the
“Competency to do your job is your ticket to entry,” says podcast host Dr. Linda Sharkey in her opening comments, “but values are really the defining factor. … It is going to be essential going forward.” Sharkey hosted CVDL co-founder and director, Dr. Jim Ludema, on her weekly podcast The Leadership Connection. Ludema tackled the
How to Create a Values Competency Framework that Strengthens Culture & Drives Performance Note: This post is excerpted from our free e-book, Making Values Meaningful, a Menu of Options for Senior Leaders. Effective performance feedback looks both at a person’s job competencies and their alignment with core values. Making this connection can be as simple
“I woke up this morning and a feeling of dread came over me because I realize I no longer love my job.” “The people at my job just drain me!” “They’re concerned they are paying someone who is overqualified. I don’t care. It’s just money to me!” “I feel like I have so much to
Photo: Gibson’s young workforce brings enthusiasm and humor to the team, and remains highly engaged thanks to innovative and playful programming. As Millennials (people born between the early 80s and the early 90s) enter the workforce and begin to take on leadership roles, companies are faced with a growing question of how to retain young
Lists of corporate values are useless if your team members don’t understand what each value actually means. We’ve posted before about the challenge of helping your team members get clear about your corporate values. Most of the time, when we hear leaders say their corporate value list isn’t shaping the way they do business,
In business, it is easy to speak the same language and still need a translator. The problem isn’t that the words aren’t understood; it’s that the underlying meaning is missed. Dr. Richard Boyatzis, a professor at Case Western Reserve University and author of Resonant Leadership, shares a perfect illustration of this. He tells the story
Dr. Seuss, Global Travel, and the Doctoral Program in Values-Driven Leadership “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose…” Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go! What does this quote from Dr. Seuss’s classic book have to do with Benedictine University’s Ph.D./D.B.A. in Values-Driven
Note: The following article is an excerpt from the Center’s new e-Book, Making Values Meaningful: A Menu of Options for Senior Leaders. Download a free, full version of the e-Book at www.cvdl.org/menu. Landing a $2 million dollar contract is a big deal in a company the size of Syncroness, a Denver-based engineering consulting firm. CEO Mike
Editor’s Note: Every quarter we assemble a small group of CEOs and top executives, and ask them the same questions. The answers offer insights into the strategies and processes that successful leaders use to guide their relationships and decision making. Earlier this month, we asked Mona Amodeo, CEO if idgroup, to tell us how she