Category: Team & Culture
Fear the Randomly Dogmatic Boss or Colleague
New leaders should have an organizing framework and not follow it. In the wise words of Wharton Professor Len Lodish, "It is better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong."…
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Leading In An Age Of Decreased Face-To-Face Communication
Be, Do, Say You will choose your own way of leading. You will likely choose to lead in different ways in different times – from different chairs in different places. Keep…
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Lessons In Complementary Leadership From Disney And Coca-Cola
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…
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Don’t Lead Until You Have Earned the Right to Lead in a New Job
“About 40% of executives who change jobs or get promoted fail in the first 18 months.” As Anne Fisher points out in a recent Fortune article, this has been true…
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Leading Those That Would Undermine Your Leadership
The number one thing experienced leaders regret is not moving faster on people. Even so, many leaders are reluctant to make early people moves for fear of upsetting the apple…
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New Ideas in Onboarding Thought Leadership
Here are the three main takeaways for organizations and leaders: Deploy a systemic integrated approach to onboarding – Get key stakeholders aligned before starting to recruit, and then integrate recruiting,…
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The Cure for Incompetent Onboarding
The conscious competence model applies: - Unconscious Competence: Have the knowledge and the skills. (Can make music.) - Conscious Competence: Have the knowledge, but not the skills. (Know how to…
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Intentional Leaders Are Not Victims of Circumstance
The point is that the actions or reactions of a leader should be intentional. Choose to go in harm’s way. Choose to influence history. Choose to look after your followers.…
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To Be One of the “Best Places to Work,” Build a BRAVE Culture
In February, St. Joseph Hospital was named one of the “Best Places to Work in Indiana” for the sixth consecutive year. Hospital President Kathy Young firmly believes that it is St. Joseph’s “corporate culture…
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