How To Leverage The Essential Difference Between A Deputy And Chief Of Staff
Deputies are second in command empowered to act in their superiors’ absence. Chiefs of Staff give their leaders increased leverage by managing them, priorities, programs and projects, and communication. Each is important in their own right; but a Deputy’s leverage is...
How Your Chief of Staff Can Give You Increased Leverage
Your chief of staff can give you increased leverage by managing you, priorities, programs and projects, and communication. Most leaders are unbalanced. They are relatively stronger or weaker across strategy, organization and operations. Those relatively weaker...
The 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.
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