The Hard Work of Teaching Soft Skills, Virtually
In 1987, I found myself standing in front of 20 New York City police officers in a Manhattan classroom to teach them how to successfully manage people with emotional disturbances when they become confused, angry and a potential threat. I’d just started my career as a soft skills trainer, and, as terrified as I was, I also knew that being in the room with those cops and bringing to bear my...
3 Leadership Challenges Arising From COVID-19
Gregg Ward was featured in the Business2Community article written by Blair Nicole Nastasi Odds are your employees, stakeholders and customers are uncertain and fearful about their personal and professional lives. Leading people who are experiencing crisis and grief is not an easy feat, and it’s more important than ever to lead with respect and empathy. “It’s vital that leaders...
Experts Share Marketing & Communications Predictions for Summer 2020
Gregg Ward shares his prediction with Yahoo! News: The COVID-19 pandemic has been dominating headlines and disrupting industries around the world for the past three months. The fields of digital marketing and communications have been turned upside down, as a result of decreased client marketing budgets, paused campaigns, and increased competition for customer and media attention. How...
Organizational Culture In The Age Of Burnout: What Every Leader Should Know
If you’re in a management or leadership position, you’ve likely experienced this: You bring on a young and promising new hire to drive productivity, and boy, do they deliver. They take pride in their work, care about the mission and their output is off the charts. It’s an increase in effort that you haven’t seen in a long time, and you are thrilled. In your mind,...
The Neuroscience of Respectful Leadership – Preventing Professional Disrespect
Excerpt Taken From Article Published By: The American Genius Offices with toxic work environments are harmful to the employees, but where does that toxicity come from? A large percentage is disrespect. If you have ever felt yourself being disrespected at work, or at least not getting the respect you feel you deserve, you are not alone. These actions can create a toxic...
Five Ways To Ensure Success While Respecting The Circumstances
Right now, millions of managers are discovering that virtual leadership from home has some unique challenges and is, in many aspects, much different than leading in the workplace. No in-person connections; your dining room table (or bedroom!) converted into your desk; unstable Wi-Fi/meeting apps; family and pets interrupting your calls and meetings without invitation. These are just a few of...
A Geek Leader Podcast: Respectful Leadership with Gregg Ward
Gregg Ward is the CEO of the Gregg Ward Group, a management consulting, training and coaching firm that focuses on helping leaders develop their Respectful Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Executive Presence skills. For over 25 years, Gregg has worked with Fortune 100 and 500 organizations around the world to inspire respect and leadership, emphasizing the measurable,...
Leadership Expert Launches Center for Respectful Leadership
What’s the most effective leadership style? It depends on who you ask. Kurt Lewin, the psychologist most closely identified with social psychology, posited that all management styles can be broken down into two categories: task-oriented leadership and people-oriented leadership. Best-selling author Gregg Ward posits a third category: respectful leadership. Ward recently...
CRL Touts Benefits of Experiential Leadership Training
By Joseph Nordqvist with Market Business News American companies spend nearly $14 billion every year on leadership training, according to a report issued in 2012 by Deloitte. But how effective is this leadership training? Not very, say experts who point out that adult learners in lecture settings forget more than half of what they’re taught within a week. This is a trend...