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Why Viewing Employees as Cogs Undermines Leadership

by Lea Strickland | Apr 15, 2025 | Business Articles, Capability, Execution, Leadership, Operations

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective leadership is a key factor that separates thriving organizations from those that struggle. However, when leaders become overly focused on their own perceived uniqueness, they risk overlooking their employees’...

Colors and Crayons – Drawing the Big Picture to Communicate Key Points

by Lea Strickland | Feb 4, 2016 | Business Articles, Business Management, Leadership

Have you ever tried to tell your boss what he/she needs to know and only what they need to know to make informed decisions? Is it hard to identify how to present the information —identifying status, convey the constraints and opportunities, and get the “right”...

WJLA Interviews Lea Strickland on What Government Can Learn from Business

by Lea Strickland | Mar 14, 2015 | Appearances, Video

Lea Strickland is interviewed on WJLA ABC Affiliate in Washington, DC...

Where Was the Board?

by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Leadership, Non-Profit, Perspectives, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy

One of the most critical roles the board of directors plays is the fiduciary role of ensuring that the actions taken by the organization (through its management and the board itself) are in the best interest of the organization and its stakeholders in the long run....

Walls and Bridges

by Lea Strickland | Jul 31, 2014 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Business Management, Perspectives, Small Business, Start-up

More walls than bridges are built in the world. It seems that it is much easier to build walls. Buildings, after all, are made of walls, so we are used to making structures that consist of walls. Walls are used to contain things; walls are used as boundaries, to show...
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