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Why Do We Expect So Little of Our Leaders?

Omar L. Harris

Oct 29, 20204 min read

Why Do We Expect So Little of Our Leaders?

It's time we raise the bar for leadership in our communities, politics, and companies.

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Leadership Lessons from the 2020 NBA Finals

Omar L. Harris

Oct 13, 20204 min read

Leadership Lessons from the 2020 NBA Finals

What can we learn about leadership from the 2020 NBA Finals? Quite a lot it seems...

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5 Servant Leadership Principles NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is Successfully Leveraging

Omar L. Harris

Aug 30, 20205 min read

5 Servant Leadership Principles NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is Successfully Leveraging

Adam Silver has truly stepped up as a remarkable leader during the twin crises of social injustice and COVID-19.

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Regaining Trust in the Wake of a Toxic Leader

Omar L. Harris

Aug 28, 20204 min read

Regaining Trust in the Wake of a Toxic Leader

How will a Biden administration repair the damage done by the toxic leadership brand of Donald J. Trump?

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Taking a Stand Against Toxic Leadership During the 2020 Election

Omar L. Harris

Aug 17, 20204 min read

Taking a Stand Against Toxic Leadership During the 2020 Election

I can vividly remember a time in my career before the advent of the "speak-up" culture movement. This was a time when organizational bad...

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Becoming an Advocate for African-American Talent in the Workplace

Omar L. Harris

Jul 6, 20205 min read

Becoming an Advocate for African-American Talent in the Workplace

I attended college at a historically black university (HBCU) - #FloridaA&MUniversity (FAMU) and earned my MBA there as well. As a...

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Leadership Lessons from The Last Dance documentary

Omar L. Harris

May 23, 20206 min read

Leadership Lessons from The Last Dance documentary

I'm sure I'm not alone in being grateful to ESPN and Netflix for accelerating the launch of The Last Dance documentary to make up for the...

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Omar L. Harris

Apr 20, 20205 min read

Leadership Lessons From My Mother

Everything happens for a reason. Of all of your expressions, Mom, I think this one was definitely your favorite. You used it nearly every...

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Why Improving Employee Engagement is Personal

Omar L. Harris

Apr 16, 20204 min read

Why Improving Employee Engagement is Personal

I was a twenty-five year old professional with an MBA in a fast-track management development program with an exciting pharmaceutical...

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Omar L. Harris

Apr 11, 20201 min read

The Servant Leader's Manifesto

Pre-orders available on Amazon!

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3 Leadership Lessons from #StayHome and #SocialDistancing

Omar L. Harris

Apr 6, 20203 min read

3 Leadership Lessons from #StayHome and #SocialDistancing

My business, like many of yours, is coming up on the first full month since we implemented #socialdistancing, #stayhome, and #quarantine...

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Don't Let Team Storming Derail Your Crisis Management Plans

Omar L. Harris

Mar 31, 20205 min read

Don't Let Team Storming Derail Your Crisis Management Plans

Fact: Every team confronts four stages of development that are non-linear: forming, storming, norming, and performing. The key factor in...

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COVID Crisis Leadership Lessons From I Am Legend

Omar L. Harris

Mar 26, 20207 min read

COVID Crisis Leadership Lessons From I Am Legend

In the midst of all this #socialdistancing and #covid_19 hysteria, I decided to go back in the film archives and do a leadership lessons...

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3 Useful Practices to Maintain Control During a Crisis

Omar L. Harris

Mar 19, 20204 min read

3 Useful Practices to Maintain Control During a Crisis

I've been reading a ton of theoretical articles on crisis management these days as we get deeper into this unprescedented COVID-19...

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Servant Leadership During the Corona Virus Crisis

Omar L. Harris

Mar 18, 20203 min read

Servant Leadership During the Corona Virus Crisis

Leadership is often defined by how one responds during a crisis. A leader's values, principles, and priorities are fully on display for...

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Omar L. Harris

Jan 16, 20204 min read

Leaders! (Stop Donkey-Konging)

I spent the holidays digging into Simon Sinek's latest treatise - The Infinite Game (which I highly recommend to everyone by the way)....

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3 Steps to Improving Personal Effectiveness

Omar L. Harris

Nov 15, 20194 min read

3 Steps to Improving Personal Effectiveness

I am quite passionate about the power of teams to transform business outcomes. Still, teams are only as good as the individuals that...

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Omar L. Harris

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Getting Over the Hump with Jim Rembach

http://bit.ly/2Mpadp1 In this interview with Jim Rembach on the Fast Leader show, learn innovative techniques to create high-performance...

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Omar L. Harris

Oct 11, 20195 min read

Leadership Lessons from Joker

Please note: this article contains spoilers. Batman's rogue's gallery is known throughout the comic book world to be one of the most...

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Omar L. Harris

Oct 8, 20193 min read

PQ is the new EQ

Emotional intelligence, also known as EQ became a business buzzword recently but the actual concept of emotional intelligence was coined...

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