WashingtonExec General Managers Council Expand on the Art of Leadership Conversations
On July 19th, members of the WashingtonExec General Managers Council met for a morning roundtable discussion at The Tower Club with keynote speaker Alan Berson to learn more about the art of leadership conversations. Berson, author of Leadership Conversations, is also an executive coach, leadership consultant, speaker, professor, and Learning Director at the Wharton Executive
WashingtonExec’s Rising Stars of GovCon Hear from Executive Coach, Author Alan Berson
Strategic leadership and executive coach Professor Alan Berson spoke with WashingtonExec’s Rising Stars of GovCon Group on the many topics covered in his book Leadership Conversations: Challenging High-Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders. Berson began his discussion by defining what a leadership conversation is and the increased level of communication skills required in senior leadership
Weekly E-Magazine: News You Need to Know
This week’s WashingtonExec e-magazine brings you the latest information on Stu Shea, who has surprised many by stepping down from his position as Leidos Holdings, Inc. president and chief operating officer. Last month, Leidos announced that John Jumper, the chief executive officer, was set to retire. In other news, registration is open for Building Government
WashingtonExec E-Magazine: News You Need to Know
In the latest news from WashingtonExec, AT&T Government Solutions named Casey Coleman as Client Executive Vice President of the company, TeraThink Corporation President CEO Paul Lombardi shared with us his insight on how stay cost-competitive during in an era of depleting budgets, and Keith Masback, the CEO of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF),
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS COLUMN: The Secret to a Successful Leadership Resume
Common Taking Action Challenge: A headhunter or colleague calls to tell you about your ‘perfect’ new job. You want to move from a management to a leadership position or to a higher level of leadership. As you send out the resume you pulled up on your computer, quickly updated from a previous version, is it paving the
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS COLUMN: Make Decisions With Confidence
Common Making Decisions Challenge: How do we make a decision that takes experience and knowledge into account and also factors in the changes occurring continually in today’s environment? How do you make sure that all appropriate elements are considered and that a process is employed that not only works but can also be taught to
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS COLUMN: 7 Top Leadership Tips of 2013!
Thanks for all of your positive feedback on the Leadership Conversation Columns this year! Here is a “Lucky 7” list of the key lessons from each column with a link back to the original article. To share these with your organization in even greater detail – along with hundreds of other leadership tips and techniques,
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS COLUMN: Promoting Your High-Potentials
Common Developing Others Challenge: Formal promotions are scarce in today’s uncertain business environment and at the higher organizational levels; yet high performers require external validation and continual new challenges to feel their career is on track. In addition to exhibiting intelligence, dedication, passion, and excellent judgment skills, they are usually also characterized by rapid advancement.
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS COLUMN: Mastering Relationship Building
Read Alan Berson’s 7 Top Leadership Tips of 2013! Common Relationship Building Challenge: There are actually four challenges: 1) No matter how many relationships you have, you always need more. 2) When a relationship is needed but does not exist, it is usually too late to form it. 3) The relationships that you don’t have
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS COLUMN: When Your Best People Leave Your Team
Written by Alan Berson, Author, Leadership Conversations Common Taking Action Challenge: Our best people move on to other jobs at the same time we are trying to build a strong team and do succession planning. We feel great about their success yet it does get in the way of reaching our own team goals and potentially
Leadership Conversations Author Speaks to WashingtonExec Human Capital Council about Employee Pipelines
Author of Leadership Conversations: Challenging High Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders, Alan Berson, keynoted an interactive roundtable for the WashingtonExec Strategic Human Capital and Critical Talent Council. The Council opened the discussion with critical talent representatives discussing the four main conversations highlighted in the book: building relationships, developing others, making decisions, and taking action.
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS COLUMN: When You and Your Team MUST Succeed
Written by Alan Berson, Author, Leadership Conversations Common Decision-Making Challenge: Think of the most important decision your team needs to make. It must be correct and you know that everyone must be in agreement or the subsequent actions will not succeed. But there are 10 to 15 on your team, with three to five hiding
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS COLUMN: When Time is of the Essence
By Alan Berson Common Developing Others Challenge: We only have 24 hours in the day and yet few of us use them wisely, with a single-minded focus on our organizational role. When severely challenged, we tend to look inward or to the one or two people who are already overloaded – our go-to people. One of you
CACI’s Suzan Zimmerman on Relationship Building, Market Trends and Mentorship
Suzan Zimmerman, Senior Vice President of Strategic Campaigns at CACI, keynoted a WashingtonExec roundtable on best practices for evaluating, bidding, and capturing large market opportunities within the government contracting industry. A direct report to CACI CEO Ken Asbury, Zimmerman emphasized the importance of strong professional relationships outside the company and targeted mentorship within the company
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS COLUMN: Could Snowden’s Outburst Have Been Contained?
By Alan Berson That is the question being urgently asked at, and of, the most secretive Federal agencies and the largest government contracting firms. Either he chose to hold everything in until he pounced on the world stage or more likely he left unheard clues. I can’t help but wonder what type of relationship Snowden
GUEST COLUMN: Sequestration and Leadership Conversations
By: Alan Berson One of the most practical and useful tips given to bosses in LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS: Challenging High Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders is to have a “stay” interview with your best employees every quarter. Since you elect the members of the Senate and Congress, would you have a “stay” interview with your
WashingtonExec Hosts Government Contracting Executive Happy Hour, Sponsored by Alan Berson of Leadership Conversations
It wasn’t Valentine’s day just yet, but WashingtonExec sure felt the love last night as it hosted its eighth invitation-only government contracting executive happy hour in Tysons Corner. The event was sponsored by Alan Berson, author of Leadership Conversations: Challenging High Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders, published just this week. The casual event brought
Dick Stieglitz’s 2013 Outlook: More of a Downhill Drift Than a Himalayan Cliff
WashingtonExec 2013 Government Contracting Outlook Series: The new year brings big changes for the Federal IT industry, and WashingtonExec is back with its Government Contracting Industry Outlook Series. We are giving local executives the opportunity to share their thoughts on where they see our industry headed this year and beyond. Leaders were asked a series
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS COLUMN: Where Have All The Leadership Conversations Gone?
By Alan Berson When you hear someone discuss the upcoming election, is your first step to try to figure out if you are talking to a Democrat, a Republican or an Independent? This is the way many of us unfortunately decide whether to even listen. We are polarized at a time when we need to
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS COLUMN: Relationships That Work
By Alan Berson Quick, without looking at your contacts, list ten people, internal and external to your organization, who you can count on – without fail – to help you get your business accomplished. Now, write the names of three others whom you trust absolutely and with whom you regularly have conversations on both a
Alan Berson’s Three Pieces of Advice For His Daughters: Ask Great Questions, Seek Trusted Advisors
WashingtonExec Series: WashingtonExec asked the simple question to top area executives: “If you could give your kids only three pieces of advice, what would they be?” Today’s insight is from Alan Berson, founder of the executive coaching firm Pulse Point. Berson is also a Professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business and, most recently, author
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