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Demonstrating Leadership Credibility: A Trusted Formula for Company Success

Demonstrating Leadership Credibility: A Trusted Formula for Company Success (Written for Know Women by Lori Harris, Managing Partner, Harris Whitesell Consulting) How aware are you, as a leader, of the perceived credibility of your leadership with team, employees, partners, and customers? Are you willing to commit to radical responsibility? As a leader, do you spend […]

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Cognitive Communication: Communicating to Maximize Excellence and Business Results

Cognitive Communication: Communicating to Maximize Excellence and Business Results The ability to effectively communicate, and avoid miscommunications, is a key competency for leadership. We know from recent research and studies that productive communications can positively impact engagement, and the reality in the majority of organizations is that effective and productive communications do not happen often

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Harris Whitesell Consulting Accountability Partner Lori Harriis

WHAT IS AN EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER?

WHAT IS AN EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER? An accountability partner is a gift. They are someone who holds a leader responsible for their decisions, behaviors, and commitments within an organization. This role is held by a person or peer outside the direct line of leadership. A balance of challenge and support is essential. The partner

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Executive Presence – An Essential Competency

Executive Presence – An Essential Competency   All leaders are capable of executive presence. Some have varying levels of it. Not all are consistently effective at it. Beyond vision and strategy, both key competencies for executives, there are various other key functional areas of tactical experience and technical knowledge of industry, business, and operational systems

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Agile Organizations: Seven Steps for Excellence

AGILE ORGANIZATIONS: SEVEN STEPS FOR EXCELLENCE Twenty-first century organizations are specialized, lean, cross-trained and highly effective collaborators. They are equipped and able to respond quickly to shifting market conditions. They can articulate a vision of what their organizations stand for, are clear about what they are trying to accomplish, and are focused on how they

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TALKING PERFORMANCE WITH YOUR BOSS

TALKING PERFORMANCE WITH YOUR BOSS Let’s be honest: performance conversations are either comfortable or uncomfortable and can create positive and/or negative emotions/feelings that ultimately impact and effect the workplace in a positive and/or negative way. There are lots of key factors that play into effective performance conversations (timing and pacing, format, preparation, purpose, clarity, honesty,

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Elevate Your Success Without Sacrificing Your Well-Being

We are thrilled to invite you to a transformative event that Harris Whitesell Consulting, Managing Partners, Lori Harris and Lynn Whitesell, are a part of — The Beautiful, Balanced BOSS Summit:  Harnessing Hormones, Productivity, and Presence for Peak Performance After 40. Hosted by my friend, Dr. Susan Lovelle, we’ve gathered an impressive lineup of experts

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OPTIMIZING INFLUENCE AND IMPACT THROUGH BASIS OF POWER

OPTIMIZING INFLUENCE AND IMPACT THROUGH BASIS OF POWER How leaders maximize power influences themselves, others, and the culture of the organization. The power dynamics strategized and played are pivotal in shaping behavioral norms and expectations that lead to organizational vitality. Too often “power” underscores exactly what is needed to realize business success. In business, power

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Harris Whitesell Consulting Lori Harris Forbes 2022July21

12 Illustrative Examples Of Values-Based Executive Decision Making

Influencing Through Purposeful Value Alignment Values-based decision making is key to organizational effectiveness, talent optimization, effective execution of strategy and the achievement of collective, impactful results. It enhances a leader’s ability, through higher cognition, to influence and motivate their leaders and teams through purposeful alignment of values that galvanize competency and skills and maximize excellence.

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Harris Whitesell Consulting Maximize Excellence Podcast General Session

MAXIMIZE EXECLLENCE!© PODCAST – General Session 2022April25

MAXIMIZE EXCELLENCE!© PODCAST Today, Lori Harris and Lynn Whitesell hosted a general session and shared information about the company, its services, and the value of Talent Management in the workplace. CLICK TO WATCH AND LISTEN   

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16 Key Ways For Business Leaders To Self-Evaluate Their Leadership Skills

Learning how to view yourself objectively is one of the most challenging aspects of being a leader, but it’s essential if you hope to be a good one. The best leaders evaluate their own skills and performance as carefully as they do the skills and performance of their employees, and they constantly strive to improve.

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Harris Whitesell Consulting Remarkable Women Leaders©

Remarkable Women Leaders©

Harris Whitesell Consulting’s REMARKABLE WOMEN LEADERS© program is a customizable  executive leadership program designed specifically to help women discover and learn how to use their unique advantages to advance their careers and excel as leaders. Our program strengthens and deepens the organization’s leadership bench by helping women get a 360 view of their leadership behaviors,

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