(Photo credit: nist6ss) Most leaders are unbalanced. They are relatively stronger in some areas than others. The secret to making them more productive is to let them play to their strengths, while at the same time bringing in someone to work with them that has complementary strengths. You can figure out most businesses by looking [...]
What Daley Must Do First as Obama’s Chief of Staff
January 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This week Forbes published an article I wrote on William Daley's onboarding. The key point is that any executive leading a transition will be better off if he or she can get a head start, manage the message and build the team — fast. In Daley's case, this involves: Helping to evolve the [...]
Lead from Strength and Compensate for Gaps
January 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Most of us are unbalanced. We are relatively stronger in some areas than we are in others. It's important to know yourself so you can lead from your areas of relative strength and get others to help you compensate for your other areas. Some are particularly strong in the plans area and strategic processes. [...]