Weekly Posts and Insights

The Leadership Compote: Essential Ingredients for the Perfect Leadership Dish
Leadership Matthew Harrington Leadership Matthew Harrington

The Leadership Compote: Essential Ingredients for the Perfect Leadership Dish

Over the next few weeks, we’re taking a delightful detour from our in-depth writing to focus on our newest e-book, The Leadership Compote. Designed as a recipe book for leaders, this e-book offers simple, powerful, and fun “recipes” to inspire and guide great leadership.

While you can always download the full e-book, we invite you to follow along as we share a new recipe each week. And if you find this content helpful, the best way to support us is by sharing this post with another leader who might enjoy or benefit from it.

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A Leadership Recipe for the Holidays
Leadership, Culture, People Matthew Harrington Leadership, Culture, People Matthew Harrington

A Leadership Recipe for the Holidays

Good food is all about timing, intention, and a willingness to experiment. Leadership is no different. So, this holiday, let’s take a detour from boring leadership jargon and straight into the heart of the kitchen—a place where raw ingredients transform into something magic. Great leadership, like great food, can feed the soul. Here are the essential ingredients for the perfect leadership dish.

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Putting Values Into Action: The Cornerstone of Leadership
Leadership, Culture Matthew Harrington Leadership, Culture Matthew Harrington

Putting Values Into Action: The Cornerstone of Leadership

When teaching or coaching emerging leaders, one topic I push hard on is values. Values refer to the fundamental beliefs and guiding principles that define what an individual, organization, or community stands for. These principles act as a moral and operational compass, influencing behavior, decision-making, and culture.  They are part of the magic three: mission, vision and values.

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Building a Long-Lasting, Great Company By Answering These Fundamental Questions
Culture Matthew Harrington Culture Matthew Harrington

Building a Long-Lasting, Great Company By Answering These Fundamental Questions

Thesis: If you don't know who you are, where you're going (or want to take other people like your customers) or why you're doing this (the business), no amount of marketing in the world will help you create a great, lasting company, product or service. The story you share with your customers and could-be customers has to be true, authentic, passionate and align with your internal self (as a business).

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5 Ways To Bring Your Organization’s Values To Life Every Day
Culture Matthew Harrington Culture Matthew Harrington

5 Ways To Bring Your Organization’s Values To Life Every Day

Perhaps contrary to popular opinion, defining and exercising your organizational values is one of the most powerful tools you have at your disposal as a leader of your organization. Workplace values set the tone for your chamber or association’s culture, and they identify what your organization, as a whole, cares about.  

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