In this week's article on Forbes, we look at what David Cameron is doing in the UK and the leadership skills he's deploying to get those things done while onboarding at the same time. Somehow it seems that country change management is even harder than organizational change management. Business Leaders should be careful about how [...]
Managing Time while Onboarding is a Critical Leadership Skill
February 14, 2011 By 2 Comments
Mark was new in his job. He went to his boss for help with the 12 projects he was working on. "Can you help me sort these into A, B, and C priorities?" "Easy. They're all A's" Nancy had a new boss. He came to her one evening and said, "I really need this on [...]
We’re all new leaders all the time
February 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Leadership is about inspiring and enabling others to do their absolute best, together, to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose. While a strongly shared purpose remains constant over time, any organization’s context and culture are continually evolving. Because of this, no leader and no team’s next 100-days are going to be anything like their [...]
New Weekly Column on Forbes: The New Leader’s Playbook
February 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia Forbes has invited me to do a weekly column on accelerating leadership transitions. Since we're all new leaders all the time, this should be applicable to all of you all the time. So click through here and then on the "follow" button on the lower right to follow the column. Each [...]