Category: Team & Culture
Strategy is Triage
It was a drill. We all knew it was a drill. The accident had been staged so the Life Squad, Fire Department and Police Department could practice working together. We…
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I Have a Dream
The thing about this vision thing is that it's not about your vision. It's about their vision. The great leaders over time have most certainly painted pictures of a brighter…
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The Power of a Stretch Plan
In their imperative workshop, one new leader and his team developed hypotheses around how to grow. They tested those hypotheses and then, later, chose which efforts on which to focus. …
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Fight, flight or freeze
When Jared L. Loughner opened fire on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and others in a supermarket parking lot in Arizona this past weekend, some ran away, some froze, and some ran…
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Lead from Strength and Compensate for Gaps
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…
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Transformational Leadership: Big Changes to Big Things
Al Carey once explained the concept of big changes to big things to the P&G alumni group. As he described it, No one ever notices little changes to little…
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Find Ways to Disrupt Yourself
Sometimes being a transformational leader means you have to transform yourself. This often requires finding ways to disrupt your own current thinking. Sometimes your team can help you do this. …
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It’s not worth the effort even to try to get managers to care about onboarding
They just don't care about another "HR" process. But they do care about delivering results. So, focus your efforts there, with onboarding as a tool. I learned the ABCs of…
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What Choices Direct Actions
"Strategy" may be one of the most mis-used business words around. Just as many teenagers seem to punctuate their sentences with "like", "you know", "what I'm trying to say", and…
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