by Buddy Hobart | Aug 14, 2020 | Buddy Hobart, Leadership, People Development, The Leadership Decade, Uncategorized
In the past, organizations have been structured so that leaders lead, managers manage, and doers do. That’s no longer the case. There has been a drastic shift in the expectations of what employees should bring to their jobs. From the CEO to the front-line customer...
by Annie Siebert | Aug 13, 2020 | Albert Ciuksza Jr, Jeff Belsky, Press, Uncategorized
Amid the pandemic, the company conducted research showing that its leadership programs fostered resilience among participants. Pittsburgh – A survey conducted in April by leadership development firm Solutions 21 showed that participants in the company’s...
by Annie Siebert | Aug 12, 2020 | Buddy Hobart, Contributor, Press, Uncategorized
Pittsburgh — Leadership development firm Solutions 21 is pleased to announce it has joined the ranks of the Inc. 5000, a yearly guide to the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States. “In the middle of such a challenging time, it is a...
by Buddy Hobart | Aug 6, 2020 | Buddy Hobart, Leadership, The Leadership Decade, Uncategorized
In any business, from startup to Fortune 500, the CEO is the only individual who is peerless. (Of course, I am dismissing the rare exception when co-CEOs exist.) Overwhelmingly, a CEO has no equal within the organization. If we accept the challenge that our best...
by Buddy Hobart | Jul 31, 2020 | Buddy Hobart, Leadership, The Leadership Decade, Uncategorized
The leadership decade requires leaders to accept the fact that a major part of their role as leaders is to invest time and energy into individuals’ continuous leadership improvement. In order to succeed as a leader, it will be critical to be extraordinarily...
by Buddy Hobart | Jul 24, 2020 | Buddy Hobart, Leadership, The Leadership Decade, Uncategorized
In the 1980s and 1990s, people joined organizations, not people. Folks joined organizations and did not dig deeply into whom they worked for and what they would be working on. In the 20th century, “name brand” companies like IBM and Xerox had an advantage by having...
