When we are unprepared for the “rock and a hard place,” it can bring out the best in us. If we keep ourselves from overplaying our fears and keep our teams full of hope, we will see new opportunities appear. The best of innovation and new ideas are born by keeping concerns from playing an ever-present part in thinking. Moreover, some of the best ideas come from the disruption of the unplanned.
Read MoreWe, leaders, must realize that the thoughts traveling in us have passing value (positive and negative). It must be our priority as leaders to control the focus of our thoughts and sift through what we allow to take root or uproot.
Read MoreThe reason that EQ is so crucial is that it’s not an innocent indulgence if I am nursing a bad mood. As a leader, my EQ impacts the “oxygen” quality for those who breathe around me…or in other words, culture.
Read MoreMy actions and beliefs deserve investigation especially when I'm not getting what I want. So then, settling on an answer to "Why do I do this?" about the most important things is the starting point to strengthening my “why”.
Read MoreSelf check - when you tell yourself that story is it filling you up or draining you? Could there be another way to tell that story and it still be true?
Read MoreWe must intentionally weave the answers to “why are we in this?” and “when do we win?” into the very fiber of our ongoing communication and processes. Otherwise, disillusionment will set in.
Read MoreIf couched well, could sharing our views be the difference maker in team performance? Is it possible that kindness and conflict go hand-in-hand?
Read MoreOnce our leadership team has a bigger ‘why’ to go after, can my flawless example of hard work get everyone totally committed?
Read More"Because I pay you well and provide fantastic benefits" is not enough to get the best performance we want from total commitment. Our work as leaders – in service of those whom we employ – is the 'x-factor' to getting them into …"Commitment.” What does it take to see them wholly committed to our organizations?
Read MoreThe challenge leaders face when they are the biggest brain (the most successful, most competent, and most experienced) is they can squelch the maximum potential of their team. These leaders may struggle because the team believes that the leader has all the answers and that the leader only desires everyone else to execute precisely the way the leader would. This can impede success because it does not invite collaboration.
Read MoreLeading through risk is a question of can we handle the ambiguity and at what level…
Read MoreWhat if my team knows something I need to know?
Read MoreRetention is always best when the culture keeps people engaged...the leader passively or actively creates the culture.
Read MoreHere's what we all know - even if there is not a cultural definition, everyone has their own answer to what "our" values are.
Read MoreHere is the kicker, if you do not offer these four things, a Millennial will not tell you. They will simply leave or become disappointed.
Read MoreA key to healthy culture is an immediate mission to rally around and a definitive way to measure it.
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