We heard a comment recently from someone that having to look for your life’s purpose was sad. On the contrary, it can be very exciting. Early on in life, we may accept other people’s goals for our own; we may take advantage of an immediate opportunity and hang onto it for too long; or we may deal with an immediate problem in a way that takes us off course. By the same token, if we keep learning and maturing, our […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses accomplishing something. Many leaders and teams when attempting something new will ask the question “How do we accomplish this?” There can be a fear of not being successful, or the fear of the new skill sets and capabilities, or the fear of the impact this new process, product, etc. may have on the organization. Leaders and teams typically want things to occur in a certain way or to go […]
Our family has a long history of being thinkers. We read magazines, newspapers, books, etc. and then talk about them. We talk them to death! As a young man, I thought we “looked smart” since we were thinkers for the last few generations. We also “sounded smart”. Then, thinking to improve our family line, I realized that if a book is written by a “doer”, I can learn from them how to accomplish, so I kept reading and thinking, looking […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses failure and its importance. Many leaders and teams dread and avoid failure. Failure can cause pain or a lack of confidence; however, failure can be one of the best opportunities leaders and teams can have for learning. Individuals that are ruled by failure and limit their interactions accordingly reduce the size of their world and experiences as well. Those that embrace failure as a learning opportunity expand their knowledge […]
Without a long term view of the future, leaders have a tendency to get focused on smaller details and get bogged down with what is not critical. When business is tough or going through change, leaders can become even more like this. The human mind will focus on something (and business leaders especially have a tendency to get tunnel vision), and it will choose whatever is closest at hand. These negative issues feel bigger than they actually are and can […]
So much more is possible…if you take action! Successful leaders and organizations have one ingredient in common – they execute to achieve. To flourish, leaders need to put all the pieces together, learn from their experiences, share those lessons, and continue to execute, improve and communicate. This is a cycle for success. If you take action, you will always have forward progress that is dramatic. Some months you will go backwards, but every 12 months you will find that you […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses how leadership, teamship and cultureship are all interrelated. As we have worked with organizations developing their leaders, we have discovered that not all leaders are good at creating teams. Strong leaders need the balance of teams in order to continue the growth and success of the organization. We have also found that leaders and teams are not always good at developing the culture of the organization – from […]
Many times when we begin our work with clients, we have to initially caution them that our process is not a silver bullet. To do it right, we need to get the foundation right and then start “building”. Part of building the foundation is making certain that what is below the ground is correct and strong enough to build upon, even though you may not be able to see it. We can help address an issue that is causing a […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses identifying your “star” or “A” players versus mediocre players (“B”s and “C”s). Much like sports, leaders need to identify their key performing players (the A’s) versus those that can increase to this level or those that need to be removed. Having tools and systems in place to evaluate as well as coaching employees is critical to this identification. We use several tools with organizations and leaders to help them […]