Holly Green, Author at Vistage Research Center https://www.vistage.com/research-center Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Thu, 11 Aug 2022 17:36:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 Pause, think and focus to win https://www.vistage.com/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 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20220714-pause-think-and-focus-to-win/#respond Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/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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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20220714-pause-think-and-focus-to-win/feed/ 0 Why CEOs should slow down to speed up: Let your brain take the road less traveled https://www.vistage.com/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 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20170717-let-brain-wander-for-enhanced-focus/#respond Sun, 03 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/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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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20170717-let-brain-wander-for-enhanced-focus/feed/ 0 Leading transformational change as CEO https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-communications/20181226-leading-transformational-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20181226-leading-transformational-change https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-communications/20181226-leading-transformational-change/#respond Thu, 27 Dec 2018 17:43:38 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/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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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-communications/20181226-leading-transformational-change/feed/ 0 3 organizational skills to help you win in 2019  https://www.vistage.com/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 https://www.vistage.com/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 https://www.vistage.com/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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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/20181218-3-organizational-skills-to-help-you-win-in-2019/feed/ 2 Active listening as a leadership skill https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/20180912-active-listening-leadership-skill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20180912-active-listening-leadership-skill https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/20180912-active-listening-leadership-skill/#respond Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:36:43 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/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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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/20180912-active-listening-leadership-skill/feed/ 0 Win big by balancing the big picture and the details https://www.vistage.com/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 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20180905-win-big-by-balancing-the-big-picture-and-the-details/#respond Wed, 05 Sep 2018 17:00:59 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/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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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20180905-win-big-by-balancing-the-big-picture-and-the-details/feed/ 0 Never trust an atom (and sometimes your brain) https://www.vistage.com/research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/never-trust-atom-sometimes-brain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=never-trust-atom-sometimes-brain https://www.vistage.com/research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/never-trust-atom-sometimes-brain/#comments Tue, 08 May 2018 17:52:36 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/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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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/personal-development/leadership-competencies/never-trust-atom-sometimes-brain/feed/ 1 Five strategies for winning in 2018 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-communications/20180110-5-strategies-winning-2018/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20180110-5-strategies-winning-2018 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-communications/20180110-5-strategies-winning-2018/#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2018 18:13:30 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/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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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-communications/20180110-5-strategies-winning-2018/feed/ 0 Winning through a culture of accountability https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/20171019-living-core-values-winning-accountability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20171019-living-core-values-winning-accountability https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/20171019-living-core-values-winning-accountability/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:30:19 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=22401 Imagine a business where the right things consistently get done on time, most of the time (nobody’s perfect). Where people regularly follow up on what they say they’re going to do. Where everyone in the organization – from senior leadership to...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/20171019-living-core-values-winning-accountability/feed/ 0 Working with integrity https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/20171009-working-with-integrity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20171009-working-with-integrity https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/20171009-working-with-integrity/#respond Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:00:17 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/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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