The Center For Leadership Excellence

The Center For Leadership Excellence We believe great leaders and great culture create great organizations.

We are driven to help organizations to become great places for people to work through data-driven strategies to built great leaders and create great culture.

As summer settles in, many of us are looking forward to sunshine, vacations, and a slightly slower pace. While the seaso...
06/04/2026

As summer settles in, many of us are looking forward to sunshine, vacations, and a slightly slower pace. While the season offers plenty of opportunities to recharge, it can also create unique challenges for leaders trying to keep teams engaged, focused, and moving forward.

In our latest Good Leadership blog, Patty Bowen Prosser shares practical strategies for maintaining momentum during the summer months. From setting realistic goals and protecting your focus to leveraging the season as a competitive advantage,
Patty explores how leaders can align with the rhythms of summer rather than fight against them.

The good news? Summer doesn't have to be a productivity roadblock. In fact, it can be one of the best times to strengthen your team, sharpen your leadership, and prepare for a successful Fall. Read the full article and discover how a few intentional adjustments can help you make the most of the season!

https://cleindy.com/leaders-maintain-momentum-summer/


Summer doesn't have to slow your organization down. Learn leadership strategies to maintain momentum, focus, and team engagement.

Strong leadership communication is often associated with transparency - but what happens when leaders can’t share everyt...
05/14/2026

Strong leadership communication is often associated with transparency - but what happens when leaders can’t share everything? In the newest discussion in our Good Leadership series, Patty Bowen Prosser explores the difficult balance leaders face between openness, confidentiality, and maintaining employee trust during times of uncertainty.

This latest article examines why complete transparency is not always possible or responsible, especially when legal concerns, strategic decisions, or employee privacy are involved. More importantly, it focuses on how leaders can still build credibility through clarity, consistency, and thoughtful communication - even when every detail cannot be disclosed.

Employees rarely expect perfection from leadership, but they do pay close attention to honesty, follow-through, and judgment. The leaders who earn long-term trust are often not the ones who share the most - they are the ones who communicate with intention when situations become difficult.

🔗 Read the full blog here!
https://cleindy.com/good-leadership-keeping-trust-with-purposeful-transparency/


Leadership transparency builds trust, but leaders can’t always share everything. Learn how great leaders maintain trust without oversharing.

Trust is the foundation of every high-performing organization - and leadership transparency is what brings that foundati...
04/30/2026

Trust is the foundation of every high-performing organization - and leadership transparency is what brings that foundation to life. When leaders communicate openly, share context, and lead with authenticity, they create environments where people feel valued, informed, and motivated to contribute at a higher level. Without it, uncertainty grows, engagement drops, and culture begins to erode.

The newest installment in our Good Leadership series is now live, and in this next message, Patty Bowen Prosser takes a closer look at why transparency is no longer optional for today’s leaders - it’s essential. She explores how transparent leadership strengthens trust and credibility, fuels engagement and innovation, and helps teams stay aligned through both growth and change.

This blog also goes beyond the “why” to address the “how.” Patty outlines practical, actionable strategies leaders can implement right away - from creating open communication channels and involving employees in decision-making, to modeling accessibility and sharing both successes and setbacks with honesty.

🔗 Read the full blog here!
https://cleindy.com/good-leadership-why-great-leaders-need-to-practice-transparency/

Discover how leadership transparency builds trust, boosts engagement, and strengthens culture while navigating what to share and when.

The next message in our Good Leadership series is now live, and it tackles a leadership truth that doesn’t get nearly en...
04/15/2026

The next message in our Good Leadership series is now live, and it tackles a leadership truth that doesn’t get nearly enough attention.

In this latest piece, Patty Bowen Prosser shifts the lens from leading to following, making the case that some of the most effective leaders aren’t defined by authority, but by how well they’ve learned to support, listen, and contribute before ever stepping into the lead role. It challenges the idea that leadership starts at the front of the room and instead highlights what is gained by first understanding the view from within the team.

The blog dives into the characteristics that set strong follower-leaders apart - those who are engaged, thoughtful, and willing to speak up when it matters. It also explores how this foundation shapes leaders who are more aware, more grounded, and better equipped to build trust and alignment across their teams.

🔗 Read the full blog here!
https://cleindy.com/leadership-and-followership/

Great leaders start as great followers. Discover how leadership and followership work together to build stronger, more effective teams.

The Missing Link in Alumni Engagement: The College to Career TransitionThe Missing Link in Alumni Engagement: The Colleg...
03/30/2026

The Missing Link in Alumni Engagement: The College to Career Transition

The Missing Link in Alumni Engagement: The College to Career Transition Why Transitions Are the Real Risk to Engagement And the Opportunity We’re Missing By Jessica Gendron For years, conversations about engagement in fraternity and sorority life have focused on a familiar pattern: upperclassmen disengage, seniors pull away, and alumni participation is inconsistent. We tend to treat these as separate problems, but they’re not....

Why student engagement declines during the college to career transition and how it impacts long-term alumni engagement and connection.

Think Executive Presence is all about polish and authority? Patty Bowen Prosser shows in her latest blog, Redefining Exe...
03/30/2026

Think Executive Presence is all about polish and authority? Patty Bowen Prosser shows in her latest blog, Redefining Executive Presence in Today’s Workplace, that today it’s about showing up authentically, listening, and leading with empathy - even in virtual spaces.

From swapping “command-and-control” for curiosity to leading with heart as well as smarts, Patty shares how modern leaders make influence feel effortless rather than forced. It’s practical, approachable, and packed with ideas you can start using right away.

🔗 Read the full Good Leadership blog here to find out why today’s Executive Presence is more about connection than command.
https://cleindy.com/good-leadership-what-executive-presence-means-today/

As always, if there’s a “prickly” leadership challenge you’d like Patty to explore in a future installment of the series, we’d love to hear from you!

Redefine Executive Presence: modern leaders build trust and influence by blending authenticity, empathy, and confidence in every interaction.

For many leaders, there’s an unspoken tension: Can you hold people accountable for results while still leading with humi...
03/12/2026

For many leaders, there’s an unspoken tension: Can you hold people accountable for results while still leading with humility?

In this week's message of her leadership blog series, Patty Bowen Prosser explores why effective leaders don’t have to choose between humility and high performance. In fact, the two often go hand in hand.

Drawing on her coaching experience, Patty shares insights on how leaders can build trust, empower their teams, and still maintain clear expectations and accountability.

🔗 Read the full blog here!
https://cleindy.com/humble-leadership-effective-leaders/

Humble leadership allows leaders to balance humility with accountability, empowering teams while driving performance and building trust.

What Female Leaders Do Differently – And Why It Matters Right NowWomen in leadership refers not only to the presence of ...
03/04/2026

What Female Leaders Do Differently – And Why It Matters Right Now

Women in leadership refers not only to the presence of women in executive roles but also to the leadership strengths women often bring, including collaboration, stakeholder awareness, and long-term strategic thinking. Research increasingly shows that these approaches help organizations navigate complex challenges and build stronger cultures....

Women in leadership brings powerful strengths to modern organizations. Learn what women leaders do differently and why it matters now.

A College Degree Isn’t Enough Anymore: Why Fraternity and Sorority Must Lead on Career ReadinessA College Degree Isn’t E...
03/02/2026

A College Degree Isn’t Enough Anymore: Why Fraternity and Sorority Must Lead on Career Readiness

A College Degree Isn’t Enough Anymore: Why Fraternity and Sorority Must Lead on Career Readiness By: Jessica Gendron For years, the message was simple: get a bachelor’s degree and you’ll get a good job. That belief shaped how colleges talked to families, how universities marketed themselves, and how fraternity and sorority life fit into the four-year experience, but the data is shifting....

Career readiness for college students is no longer optional. Why fraternity and sorority life must lead the college-to-career transition.

Leadership feels different lately - and not always in a good way.In her newest blog, Patty Bowen Prosser explores the gr...
02/26/2026

Leadership feels different lately - and not always in a good way.

In her newest blog, Patty Bowen Prosser explores the growing disconnect between leaders and their teams. As workplaces become more data-driven and AI-supported, trust, empathy, and authentic connection are becoming the true differentiators.

This latest message dives into:
• The widening trust gap in leadership
• Why disengagement is rising
• The risk of promoting technical experts without leadership training
• Practical ways leaders can rebuild connection, transparency, and psychological safety

The takeaway? Humanity isn’t “soft.” It’s a competitive advantage.

Read the full blog on our website and join the conversation!

https://cleindy.com/human-centered-leadership-workplace/

Human-centered leadership drives trust, psychological safety, and performance. Discover why empathy is today’s true competitive advantage.

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