Belonging Is About Knowing You Matter—Here’s How to Create It

This month, I presented a webcast through the Northern Virginia (NOVA) Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business initiative on the importance of belonging for employee engagement..

Gateway to Employee Engagement and Innovation: Create a Sense of Belonging

Diversity and inclusion are necessary precursors to engagement and empowerment of today’s workforce, driving greater performance and innovation. But kicking this up a notch—by creating a..

Gender Balance Required for True Innovation

The Link Between Relationships and Innovation

How much attention do you give to creating, developing, and maintaining professional relationships—in the context of today’s business environment? If you’re spending all of your time..

Listening: The Tool for Collaboration, Inclusion, and Innovation

How many times a day do you find yourself moving so fast, juggling back-to-back meetings and busy schedules, that you realize you haven’t heard something important?..

How to Become a More Creative Thinker and Leader

A study of more than 1,500 global CEOs hailing from 60 countries and 33 industries revealed something that may surprise you about leadership. Researchers found that..

Disruptive Ways to Achieve Gender Balance

In SHAMBAUGH Leadership’s work with client organizations and speaking at conferences across the nation, I’ve noticed that many struggle with understanding what gender balance really means—and..

Why the Future Belongs to “Challenge-Driven Leaders”

Whether you’re talking about business or politics, people are looking for a new kind of leader. In the digital age, the increasing levels of complexity, disruption,..

Innovation Is Key to Business Success—Yet Women Aren’t Perceived as Innovators

What number-one factor is behind a successful business? Research shows it’s innovation, and it has been for the past quarter of a century. BDC found that..

Let’s Shift the Paradigm! The Time is Now for Balanced Leadership!

It seems lately that our world is experiencing dramatic shifts affecting us all. Whether it's events such as the world financial markets, the earthquake in Japan, bi-partisan budget wrangling or re-defining healthcare, the world lately seems to have shifted a bit on its axis. Another area that I’ve observed recently that’s also dramatically shifting right under our feet, is the concept of leadership.