by Steve Adubato, PhD
“Linsanity” has taken over the basketball world. Jeremy Lin is the dynamic new point guard for the New York Knicks who came out of nowhere to become the toast of the town. Undrafted, out of Harvard, cut by two NBA teams, sitting on the end of the Knicks’ bench and now everyone is talking about him.
One of the most challenging leadership traits that many professionals struggle with is the art of effectively delegating. So many people go from being top-notch technicians, clinicians and experts in their field to becoming managers and leaders of others without getting the appropriate and necessary coaching and training.
by Steve Adubato, PhD
There are many leadership lessons we can learn from the Costa Concordia disaster. There are questions of preparation as well as how to handle a crisis in a calm, composed and coordinated fashion. But the biggest lesson in leadership is the most obvious one; that a captain—in this case Captain Francesco Schettino—should never abandon his ship.
by Steve Adubato, PhD
“Normally, I’m a guy that really has the pulse of his team…I don’t think I had the pulse of our team the way I [have] in the past. When I met with players [yesterday], that became clear to me.”
by Steve Adubato, PhD
I was talking recently to my friend Patrick Dunican about the subject of leadership, and whether you can teach or coach certain critical aspects of leadership, including the ability to be compassionate and caring. Patrick is the Chairman and Managing Director at Gibbons P.C., a Newark-based law firm that has underwritten public television programming that I have produced and hosted.
by Steve Adubato, PhD
One of the keys to being a successful manager is communicating in a direct, candid and constructive fashion with your people regarding their performance. Historically, so-called “performance reviews” have not achieved this objective. Too often, these reviews provide little if any tangible feedback that allows employees to improve their performance in specific areas. This lack of candid communication around employee performance can only produce a culture of mediocrity at best. At worst, it produces cynicism and apathy toward the employee evaluation process.
by Steve Adubato, PhD
In the world of business, really strong leaders never stop learning or stop looking for new ways of looking at old and new problems. One of those leaders whose business library is particularly impressive is Marc Mackin, president of LAPP Holding North America, part of the worldwide LAPP Group, the leader in advanced cable technology, flexible cable, connectors and accessories. I was recently in Marc’s office preparing for a communication seminar and we were talking about the challenges he and other presidents and CEOs face, such as leading and embracing change, the issue of succession planning and the nagging problem of too many professionals who just don’t make strong presentations.