It was a pleasure to join community leaders from across the country for the Advanced Facilitation Seminar offered by Association of Leadership Programs. While we met virtually, we are all looking forward to in-person programming in our community leadership organizations in the near future. I want to provide a copy of the powerpoint, that can…
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William Muir, an evolutionary biologist from Perdue University, created a simple experiment to better understand the productivity of chickens. He wanted to know what would make a flock of chickens more productive – an easy thing to measure as you just count the eggs. The Experiment First, he created an average flock made up of…
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Right now, in regions across the country, thousands of professionals are beginning a year-long leadership journey to explore the areas in which they live and work and learn how they can invest their time and talents to build stronger communities. This is a special time of year for me as I am honored be a…
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Advancing A Culture of Leadership During Trying Times A client was recently lamenting cuts that reduced their department by 1/3. The workload hasn’t let up and their budget is down to bare bones. The clichés all fit: running the engine without oil, burning the candle at both ends, paddling against the current…..you can no doubt…
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It’s a trap to equate the idea of thinking strategically with the ability to accurately predict. Successfully navigating greater uncertainty requires thinking more deeply about how customers, clients, and consumers use what we currently provide or what we could provide to them but currently don’t.
I didn’t know falling off the internet was possible. The earth is round after all. But this week, as I was showing a friend the platform we used to build the website of our small business, I googled us, “GRIFF Strategic Leadership.” Our website did not come up, page after page, after page after page.…
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I recently took a well-known personality assessment in preparation for a seminar. It’s one I’ve taken twice before and I wondered if these results would be similar. As soon as the report arrived I sent it off to my spouse, my first step in validity testing. “How accurate does this appear to you,” I asked.…
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By Griff Hall, small business Owner I often hear leaders say, “What sense is there in strategic planning when the future is more uncertain than ever before? Why shouldn’t we wait until we know more before embarking on a strategic planning effort?” The question assumes you’re already using the most effective methods in planning and…
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Grocery stores live and die based on how well they know your buying habits. Everything has been carefully planned and designed with the goal of getting you to spend more money. Using complex algorithms, stores maximize inventory to match your shopping preferences. Can you say you know your organization’s greatest asset — your people —…
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The clock started and all four teams hunched over their tables and started to strategize. We could feel the tension rise in the room of Type A executives, each wanting to prove their worth on the team they had been assigned. Through teamwork, their goal for the next 12 minutes, was to replicate a structure…
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