The Self Leadership Secrets Of Extreme Athletes
I am convinced that the greatest leadership challenge you will ever face is the ability to consistently lead yourself. Leadership theory several years ago would stress identifying your weaknesses and then work on them until they are significantly improved. Today even though you must be competent in every area, the emphasis is upon knowing what […]
How To Change Organizational Culture
According to John Kotter there are many reasons change initiatives fail especially in large organizations. The number one reason is there is not a clear sense of urgency for change that makes everyone willing to pay the short term price of pain due to change to gain the long term benefit of progress. Many times […]
When Management Becomes The Problem
I started working in a management culture that clearly defined expectations and the role of the manager was to make sure the people under them were not making any mistakes. Every time someone did, a new rule or process improvement was developed to make sure that never happened again. In essence, everything was designed around […]
Effective Leaders Value Their People
Leaders have always been evaluated based on the two extremes of the tasks that must be done compared to the relationship skills involved in motivating the people who will actually do the work. The theory was some leaders are born project managers and others are great in customer service. In the old industrial age model […]
4 Ways To Improve Your Strategic Thinking
One of the greatest challenges I face as an executive coach is to help leaders see the difference in operational efficiency and strategic initiatives. Improvement in process and profit margin is extremely important but so is spending time on innovation and creativity. If you are always working on the margins of incremental improvement you will […]