How Your Chief of Staff Can Give You Increased Leverage
At some level, you know the problem. COVID-19 has switched your world from live to virtual. It turns out there are some nice things about this including savings in commuting and travel time and costs and more efficient meetings. Still, there’s something missing –...
The Four Keys To Level Four Delegation – The Heart Of Leadership
Leadership is all about inspiring and enabling others, epitomized by level four delegation. The keys to doing that well are 1) direction, 2) resources, 3) bounded authority, and 4) accountability.
How To Dance The Board Two-Step To Increase Your Board Of Directors’ Leverage
Ken Chenault’s approach to board management + Bryan Smith’s approach to persuasion = the board two-step.
In Praise Of Matrix Organizations
Being best in class in delivery or distribution cannot happen without a matrix and likely an ecosystem-wide matrix.
In Praise Of Hierarchical Organizations (Sometimes)
It’s fashionable to denigrate hierarchies. Critics suggest they are too controlled, siloed, and rigid. But they help create stability.
Lessons In Leadership From Alabama Football’s Saban, Tagovailoa And Hurts
Your organization needs all sorts of leaders: artistic leaders, scientific leaders, interpersonal leaders, strategic leaders, tactical leaders and supportive leaders. Make sure you treasure all of them.
How To Remedy Uncertain Successions With People Like Fox’s Rupert Murdoch And China’s Xi Jinping
An organization’s survival is dependent upon its ability to adapt. Periodic fresh thinking at the top is crucial.
Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio On The Value Of Embracing Your Weaknesses
Reducing or compensating for biases and blind spots leads to more productive interactions, decisions and work
The Only Six Viable Approaches To Talent Management
Treating everyone the same produces schools of average ducks. Instead sort people by performance and role fit and invest, support, cherish, move up, over or out as appropriate.
How To Onboard Selfish, Scared And Stupid People
Instead of fighting human nature, design systems to make it easy for the selfish, scared and stupid to adopt them.
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