The Next Level

Through his work as an executive coach, speaker and author, Scott Eblin has become a top leadership strategist to U.S. corporations. Scott is the president of the leadership development firm, The Eblin Group, which has a coaching client list that runs the gamut from Astra Zeneca to the U.S. Navy. Scott is a former Fortune 500 executive and the author of The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success.

How to coach a future CEO

I’m a fan of Ford CEO Alan Mulally. He started in the top job at Ford about five years ago and has led the company to quarter after quarter of profitable growth. He’s accomplished that through any number of ways. Probably one of the biggest is by changing the culture of the company’s leadership team.

What a top chef knows about organizational development - Lessons from Jose Andres

It turns out there’s a lot you can learn about leadership and organizational development from a chef who has gone from running a small business to a culinary empire in less than 20 years. Here are three of his top leadership lessons.

3 tips for pacing your work for lasting success

A vastly underrated road trip movie last year, “Due Date,” starred Zach Galifianakis and Robert Downey, Jr.  Whenever Downey’s uptight businessman character would explode in rage, Galifianakis’ goofy character would say, “Hey, you better check yourself before you wreck yourself.” It’s now one of my favorite catchphrases—and a great mantra for most leaders today.

Wondering 'Am I a good leader?' Take the Sheryl Sandberg test

Ever wonder if you’re a good leader?  If so, I have a simple three question test that will help you answer that question. I call it the Sheryl Sandberg test. OK, I know some of you are thinking “Is it really fair to compare myself to the COO of Facebook?"

Has ego trumped your mission? Lessons in transparency from the Komen Foundation fiasco

Regardless of how you feel about Planned Parenthood, it’s clear that the Komen Foundation hadn’t fully prepared for the era when transparency has moved from buzzword to reality. Komen officials’ mistakes offer a warning to other leaders who think they are immune to such lightning-fast takedowns.

Rypple's Nick Stein, on how to deliver better feedback

Nick Stein believes yearly performance reviews have morphed into something fearful that’s more about compliance than performance. "Employees are craving feedback, and as much of it as they can get ... Management feedback should align people so that they feel empowered and leaders so they feel confident that everybody is moving in the same direction." Here's how Rypple does it.

Is being the "go-to person" holding you back?

“How many of you think of yourselves or have been referred to by others as the ‘go-to person?’” I asked in a webinar flash poll. Of the 400-plus managers and executives online, 98% affirmed they are the go-to people. It’s not surprising that those who end up in leadership build a go-to reputation. So, what’s wrong with that?

3 bad habits of fake leaders -- and how to avoid them

As we enter the height of the political season in the U.S. candidate debates and speeches seem to offer a symposium in how to fake being real. Here are three ways to avoid showing up as a leader who’s only pretending to be real:

Gabrielle Giffords: The courage and wisdom to step back

Her fundraising was strong and the polling suggested she could have easily kept her seat in Congress. She sorted through all that and concluded that her ongoing recovery was her first and most important priority. She had the courage and wisdom to step back from short term opportunities to devote herself to the longer term.

Early contender for worst leader of 2012

Far from going down with his ship, let alone organizing an evacuation, Captain Francesco Schettino was in a lifeboat while hundreds of his passengers were still trying to get to safety. Thinking about the responsibilities of a leader, I turned to the U.S. Navy's Watch Officer's Guide and its seven essential characteristics of the Officer of the Deck...

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