Holly Green, Author at Vistage Research Center /research-center/author/holly-green/ Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Thu, 03 Oct 2024 01:51:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 141323424 Active listening skills in leadership /research-center/business-leadership/20180912-active-listening-leadership-skill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20180912-active-listening-leadership-skill /research-center/business-leadership/20180912-active-listening-leadership-skill/#respond Sun, 02 Apr 2023 17:30:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=23128 In this age of the Internet, smart phones and social media, it seems like people are talking at each other more than listening to each other. Pause for a moment to consider how many emails, text messages, voice mails and...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20180912-active-listening-leadership-skill/feed/ 0 23128 Pause, think and focus to win /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20220714-pause-think-and-focus-to-win/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220714-pause-think-and-focus-to-win /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20220714-pause-think-and-focus-to-win/#respond Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:00:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=41048 In chaotic and fast-changing times, the lack of predictable behaviors in all areas of our life may not serve us well, says University of Maryland psychologist Arie Kruglanski — especially for people with a high need for certainty and closure....

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]]> /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20220714-pause-think-and-focus-to-win/feed/ 0 41048 Why CEOs should slow down to speed up: Let your brain take the road less traveled /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20170717-let-brain-wander-for-enhanced-focus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20170717-let-brain-wander-for-enhanced-focus /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20170717-let-brain-wander-for-enhanced-focus/#respond Sun, 03 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=22075 The constant information overload that has become part of our world puts enormous stress on our brains. Between tweets, texts, voice mails, popup ads and the endless deluge of social media messages, we can’t possibly process all the information we...

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]]> /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20170717-let-brain-wander-for-enhanced-focus/feed/ 0 22075 Leading transformational change as CEO /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-communications/20181226-leading-transformational-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20181226-leading-transformational-change /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-communications/20181226-leading-transformational-change/#respond Thu, 27 Dec 2018 09:43:38 +0000 /research-center/?p=23741 In today’s chaotic, fast-moving markets, change is a given. Customer wants and needs are constantly shifting. Product cycles are shorter than ever. Instant access to information and new technologies continually shrink industry barriers to entry (or remove them altogether).  Just...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-communications/20181226-leading-transformational-change/feed/ 0 23741 3 organizational skills to help you win in 2019  /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20181218-3-organizational-skills-to-help-you-win-in-2019/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20181218-3-organizational-skills-to-help-you-win-in-2019 /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20181218-3-organizational-skills-to-help-you-win-in-2019/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:26:55 +0000 /research-center/?p=23697 Business leaders can expect more chaos and uncertainty in 2019, from a divided government and weather disasters to labor shortages and a potential recession. This doesn’t paint a very pretty picture of the new year. Yet, operating in uncertain markets...

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]]> /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20181218-3-organizational-skills-to-help-you-win-in-2019/feed/ 2 23697 Win big by balancing the big picture and the details /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20180905-win-big-by-balancing-the-big-picture-and-the-details/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20180905-win-big-by-balancing-the-big-picture-and-the-details /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20180905-win-big-by-balancing-the-big-picture-and-the-details/#respond Wed, 05 Sep 2018 10:00:59 +0000 /research-center/?p=23123 Every business needs two very different types of people to succeed over the long term, or people with two, often contrary, skill sets: big-picture thinkers and those who focus on the details. Big picture people live at the 30,000-foot level,...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20180905-win-big-by-balancing-the-big-picture-and-the-details/feed/ 0 23123 Never trust an atom (and sometimes your brain) /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/never-trust-atom-sometimes-brain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=never-trust-atom-sometimes-brain /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/never-trust-atom-sometimes-brain/#comments Tue, 08 May 2018 17:52:36 +0000 /research-center/?p=22893 While browsing in a bookstore the other day (yes, I prefer real books to digital readers for business reading), I saw a young person wearing a t-shirt that gave me a good laugh. The front of the shirt had a...

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]]> /research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/never-trust-atom-sometimes-brain/feed/ 1 22893 Five strategies for winning in 2018 /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-communications/20180110-5-strategies-winning-2018/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20180110-5-strategies-winning-2018 /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-communications/20180110-5-strategies-winning-2018/#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:13:30 +0000 /research-center/?p=22643 One of the deepest instincts for adult humans is to achieve excellence. In other words, we want to win. Yet, winning in business doesn’t happen by itself. It requires hard work, dedication, focus and, most of all, a desire to...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-communications/20180110-5-strategies-winning-2018/feed/ 0 22643 Working with integrity /research-center/business-leadership/20171009-working-with-integrity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20171009-working-with-integrity /research-center/business-leadership/20171009-working-with-integrity/#respond Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:00:17 +0000 /research-center/?p=22396 Remember when we used to look up to our leaders as role models for honesty, integrity and good character? Me neither. Actually, I do. But it seems like a long time since leaders displaying integrity was the rule rather than...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20171009-working-with-integrity/feed/ 0 22396 Implementing big-business leadership in a small business /research-center/business-leadership/20170502-effective-leadership-small-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20170502-effective-leadership-small-business /research-center/business-leadership/20170502-effective-leadership-small-business/#respond Mon, 01 May 2017 10:00:44 +0000 https://2017.vistage.com/research-center/?p=21590 Running a successful business, no matter how big or small, starts and ends with effective leadership. This involves defining a clear destination; getting everyone focused on reaching that destination; informing, inspiring and engaging people to get there; measuring results; and...

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