Five Keys in Setting Goals
All of us have experienced the frustration that comes from really wanting to accomplish something important and thinking we are really committed to it only to realize several months later it did not happen. When I evaluate personally and professionally where the breakdown occurs it usually centers on the disciplines involved in effective goal setting. […]
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 […]
Good People Are Everything
A few years ago Mark DeMoss wrote a great book called The Little Red Book of Wisdom. He shares the personal and professional core values that helped him develop one the most successful Public Relations firms in the country. Just as Jim Collins did in Good to Great and Jack Welch in Winning he drives […]
Three Critical Questions For Leading Change
I want to tell you a simple story that illustrates what every leader must do to lead their team or entire organization through the change process. You are the leader of a team that has been involved in an outward bound teambuilding session for two weeks. Your team is out in open and you […]
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 […]