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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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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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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“I won’t believe it until I see it,” the supervisor muttered under her breath as she walked away from the morning staff meeting. This is a common statement that many of us find ourselves saying. But with this attitude, comes unintentional consequences. In all likelihood, the supervisor won’t see it. She has unconsciously made a…
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With the first of the year came the annual calls to “be healthier” – lose a few unwanted pounds, exercise 20 minutes a day, or 60, three times a week, or six, eat more of this food and less of that food. Whether or not you subscribe to New Year’s resolutions, I do agree that…
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