Leading Change
The greatest mistake organizations make during difficult times like we are currently experiencing is to try to manage change rather than leading the process. Sometimes survival is the only critical issue and then you do whatever you have to do to stay alive. Most of time though we look very short term and develop a […]
Four Critical Team Dynamics for Leading Change
How many teams have we put together over the years to help us lead the change process only to realize several months later that nothing happened that was sustainable? In John Kotter’s excellent book on Leading Change he gives four key characteristics that must be in place for the team to be successful. 1. […]
Execution
It is amazing to me how all of the most respected people in the field of leadership are so consistently saying the same things about the most important things that all organizations need to be doing. It really started when Steven Covey wrote Seven Habits of Highly Effective People followed by Jim Collins Good to […]
Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis
Virtually every American institution is facing major crises these days, from declining businesses to evaporating financial portfolios. To get out of these crises, authentic leaders must step forward and lead their organizations through them. The current crisis was not caused by subprime mortgages, credit default swaps, or failed economic policies. The root cause is failed […]
Forgiveness
One spiritual principle that cannot be violated is that you cannot pass on to others what you have not first received yourself. This is very hard to do when someone else has hurt us deeply and we find it so difficult to really forgive them. When we feel the other person is wrong and they […]