The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance. I’ve conducted research with more than a million people and found that 90% of top performers are skilled at managing their emotions in times of stress in order to remain calm and in control.
Deloitte Consulting CEO, Dan Helfrich, champions a balanced lifestyle as key to success. He emphasizes exercise, family time, healthy eating, and regular communication with his loved ones and colleagues.
What are the three most important aspects of leadership?
It can seem challenging to distill such an expansive topic into three core aspects, but doing so helps highlight critical responsibilities and skills for leaders.
What makes leaders so successful in their lives and careers?
I’ve interviewed hundreds of the world’s top business leaders and asked them how they got to be where they are. I receive a wide variety of responses, but there’s one common theme: leaders regularly do more than what they are asked to do.
Marc Randolph is the co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix, where he also served on the board until 2003. Aside from Netflix, Marc has founded or co-founded six other successful startups and is the author of the best-selling book, That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea.
There’s a lot of talk about how to achieve work-life balance.
But I don’t think it’s possible.
Making decisions in familiar circumstances is relatively easy. But what happens when you’re faced with something you’ve never experienced?
A lot has been written about things great leaders do. But just as important as the actions these leaders choose to take is what they choose not to do.
Even though he passed away in 1992, Sam Walton’s influence is still felt in the business world today.
Success at work often comes down to motivation. Your leader or co-workers can motivate you, but you have to find your fire and internal motivation at some point.