There are times in business whether you are an employee or a leader that the message we think we are sending may not be the message that is received. Whether this misinterpretation is from the hectic work pace or from past experiences – we do not know nor can we control. However, we can work to control the actual message and means in which it is sent to limit the interpretation. A while ago, I spoke with a leader of […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the idea of Eeyore in organizations. If you remember from childhood reading, Eeyore is an extremely “gloomy gus”. He exhibits no energy, no emotion, nothing. If there is energy (whether positive or negative), organizations and leaders can work together to channel or focus that energy. When there is no energy, there is nothing to work with. Don reminds us that this type of employee sucks the energy from others […]
Sharks and Starfish – what do they have in common? Nothing but the ocean, but if you were bitten by the first, do you have something to replace what was lost? Nature has provided Starfish the ability to regenerate the parts of itself that have been lost. Organizations should consider this before something happens within their organization that could stop progress or business in its tracks. Below is a great example. A client last week shared some news with me: […]
I was brought up to be assertive. I was taught all the tools to fight battles, ride the range, and be a cowboy that could handle the toughest rustlers. As I have aged over the years and looked back at what has gone well and what has not gone well, one of the issues I have noticed that I have either arrived closer at my true self or perhaps I have transitioned to being an introvert. However, many people have […]
13 08 29 Strategic Plans are the Recipe for Your Organization – YouTube. In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses how a Strategic Plan goes from being a “baseline” that provides a path for an organization and its goals towards a more sophisticated “recipe” that instructs, provides structure, and is duplicatable. Don reminds us that it’s not just the ingredients (goals) that are important, but the instructions on what to do when and for how long. […]
There are many types of “training” available to businesses. The key is to know which type will work best for your team and organization. Here are just a few of what is offered when looking for “training & development”. Training: Get people in a room. Pull out their cork. Fill them up with good information. Put their cork back in and send them on their way. Consultation: Get people in a room. Find out what their ingredients are. Tell them […]
Embedded video not working? Click here to view it on Youtube. In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses that in some organizations there are teams that for whatever reason are negative, have low morale, unwillingness to lay out a path for the future. When this occurs, we utilize innovative tools within our program to change things around. Don speaks about one of our clients that at the beginning of the relationship, he had the above situation. […]
One of the struggles that sometimes occurs with employees is that they try to get perfection before they take action. The difficulty is that by the time perfection is possible (if it is even really possible), the opportunity has passed or the obstacle has gotten too big to handle. When speaking with Mark, a builder and contractor, he said that sometimes estimators struggle with the same issue. Obviously estimators need to read the specs and make sure that there are […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses that in some organizations there are those that for whatever reason do not want change or progress and actually strive to maintain the status quo. They are referred to as “Corporate Cockroaches”. When people, “Corporate Cockroaches”, within an organization let politics, greed, or other things get in the way of the organization’s success and growth, this can lead to the death of the organization, its culture and “emotionally” its […]