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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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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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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Are your employees asking themselves this question? If so, you hope they can identify why they work at your organization. You hope your people value their role beyond receiving a paycheck. The hard truth is hope is not a strategy. Hope is not a strategy. According to NASA lore, while touring the space center in…
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Being a good leader doesn’t mean you have to be friends with everyone at work. In fact, befriending everyone, especially someone you supervise may be a bad idea. But what do you do with those that you just cannot stand – the obnoxious, annoying type? The key for a good leader is to “care.” That…
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The short answer is, ‘quite a lot’. As a student of leadership for over 20 years, I am fascinated by how the concept of what it means to be a leader has evolved since its relatively recent introduction as a field of study. My personal definition of leadership – ‘the act of mobilizing people to…
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What do leadership and your smartphone have in common? The answer may surprise you. Take note how many times you look at your phone in a day. It’s calling your attention with each ding and beep. You run an errand, and check for emails as you go. You grab a coffee from the break room…
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Stunning many organization heads and business owners, Leadership is no longer the pinnacle of performance and success. In what has become an all too common occurrence among top performers, Leadership was suddenly demoted after accounts of its true character, attitude and outlook were made public. While reports are not yet confirmed, it has been suggested…
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Have you been on the receiving end of someone’s professional leadership training, or even been that person trained in the latest, greatest, trying out your new skills on a subordinate? The scripted questioning and affirmation, the directed steps, and prescribed skill-set are all presented as tools for mastering leadership. It often sounds productive, and uses…
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