Better Results Faster
When managing a complex project, leaders must play the part of producer, director and stage manager. Take a cue from show business and set your team members up for success in three phases: Get stakeholders aligned and assemble the right resources (producer) Clarify the “what” and “how” of success (director) Help stakeholders see and adjust [...]
Getting promoted from within is often trickier than is readily apparent. Getting promoted from within during a turn-around is far trickier still. It’s important to strike the right balance between continuity and change. With that in mind, RIM’s new CEO, Thorsten Heins, needs to change his current thinking on that balance. Going to be continuity [...]
Happy New Year! My gift to you is 24 BRAVE frameworks that can help make your coming year happier. Headlines here. Click through to the original articles (on a combination of Forbes.com and PrimeGenesis) for more. Happiness is good – Three goods: good for others, good for me, good at it Five components of BRAVE [...]
Leadership is about inspiring and enabling others to do their absolute best, together, to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose. The strongest leaders take a BRAVE approach to every one of their New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plans by examining their organization’s behaviors, relationships, attitudes, values and environment. Looking at the components in reverse order: [...]
On the one hand, Virginia Rometty’s transition into the CEO role at IBM should be relatively easy. The company is in good shape. She’s been there 30 years, knows everyone, and is getting the job “because she deserves it,” as her predecessor Sam Palmisano put it. On the other hand, these transitions are never [...]