Chatting recently with a young executive who has great insights into the value of maximizing time.
His approach at work is to understand his strengths and those of his team and then look for opportunities to apply each person’s abilities toward the best possible result. He has embraced the truth that team performance is linked directly [...]
Is it counter intuitive for a certified strengths trainer to post an entry focused on weaknesses?
My friend Andrew Cooley sent this video clip from a Washington Post series and it resonated so strongly with me that I just had to share it with my readers.
Watching this clip is well worth the 4:40 of your life [...]
Companies and organizations have leaders, managers, administrators and a bunch of folks who are very skilled at the tactical sand and gravel of achieving the goals and meeting the mission.
There is an over-emphasis on the ideal of being a leader. Yes, they are out front, they set the pace and cast the vision. Without a [...]
I was driving on highway 101 near Salinas, CA on Thursday when I happened upon a service truck with the company name Leadership Fumigation.
Is this some kind of service that goes into corporate board rooms and executive suites to rid the company of its management team?
Could the company by chance be owned by someone whose [...]
I happened across Seth Godin’s blog this morning.
Hadn’t been in a while and wanted to see what his incredible brain was up to. I’d thought of him because I intend to re-read THE DIP this weekend as I prepare for some changes in my consulting practice – but more about that in a few weeks.
Anyway [...]
Some sounds bytes from a recent David Brooks column in the NY Times.
Traits like being a good listener, a good team builder, an enthusiastic colleague, a great communicator do not seem to be very important when it comes to leading successful companies.
Organized, dogged, anal-retentive and slightly boring people are more likely to thrive [as C.E.O.s].
. [...]
From a News Release announcing further staff reductions at an organization struggling for survival:
The streamlining emphasizes the formation of high-performance teams working in a fluid structure rather than departments, a strategic approach that better takes advantage of the core strengths of each staff member to apply his or her skills and talents across projects. An [...]
This piece from the NYT touched me as many of my clients have faced similar situations.
I see the employer/employee relationship as a direct trade:
Workers provide their time, talent and productivity
Employers provide wages and a sense of accomplishment
The relationship is NOT a marriage, it is not expected to last forever. However, as equal partners, BOTH owe the other [...]
The basis of any change effort is very simple. Beating the status quo always involves the simple formula:
When you are faced with the need to change,
you can either do things differently or
you can do a different thing.
I call it Thing One & Thing Two. My clients are encouraged to use this as an anchor as they [...]
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