Are You An Achiever? So much more is possible…if you execute! You don’t know what is possible until you try! Einstein’s definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result. We could go on and on, but the bottom line theme that is common and critical to any endeavor is to take action. Step One: Execute You must execute or there is no tomorrow. As the markets, products, customers, suppliers and culture change, eventually you […]
In the movie, The Three Faces of Eve, Joanne Woodward plays a woman with multiple personality disorder. I have not seen the movie in years, but as I remember she was a pretty horrifying woman overall… When I think of running an organization, sometimes leaders have different personalities. However, unlike Eve, the best leaders choose the best face (role) to get the best results. In team meetings, we sometimes utilize hats that are different colors. One is red, another […]
A number of years ago, we realized that we provided this “leadership training” to leaders. We did not provide this to followers. There are a great many books, courses, coaching, etc. on leadership, but little to nothing on followership. From a practical point of view, most people are followers a majority of the time. The best leaders are followers sometimes. Sometimes great followers are given an opportunity to be leaders and do not want to be a leader. So how […]
The SparkDuring a presentation by social media consultant Scott Stratton, President of Un-Marketing.com, he commented that while mission statements at organizations are important, the reality is that “our actions” are really more descriptive of “our mission”. Right now at this moment, our actions, what we are doing, how we are doing it, and why we are doing it are really our mission. You, in reading this newsletter, through your actions are demonstrating your openness to new ideas, your desire to […]
“Strong individuals do not necessarily make up a great team. Teams with no conflict are rarely very creative. Diversity of talent by itself does not cause success.” Donald F. Hadley Teams can have great potential. The individuals may have the background, training and all of the resources to be able to accomplish great things, yet year after year, the results are mediocre. Flashes of brilliant teamwork will occur and then rapidly recede into the background. The potential is never realized. […]
Organizations may have tremendous leaders and key employees with great talent and who produce powerful results while continually upgrading their capabilities. Additionally, these talented people build and contribute to a strong business strategy as part of the recipe that will propel the organization forward in a way that engages the whole team. At the same time, incremental decay may occur elsewhere in the organization and then, one day (usually in a poor response to a major crisis or an inability […]
Our culture seems to accept that it is important to “plan for the future”. By planning, you can adjust your path and identify needed resources. Nike says to just “do it”. Action or execution makes things happen. Consultants talk about a “bias towards action” as an element of successful organizations. Our sound bite and advertising culture attempts to pluck at our feelings and cause emotions so we will purchase an idea, product or service. Tweeting attempts to grab us to push us […]
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, WHAT DO THE BEST LEADERS DO? Imagine at the end of Star Wars, Luke Skywalker gives up and dies, and the rebel army turns and runs. Imagine when the corporate helicopter crashes killing his top leadership team, Donald Trump quits. Imagine that you build a large company and then with only one major problem, it goes bankrupt. Imagine being burnt out with fatigue and then just pushing harder and it gets worse. Imagine feeling no […]
THE 11 MINDSETS TO CREATING CRITICAL CAPABILITIES-Part 3 Introduction News Alert! Remember Betamax tapes? Betamax companies are out of business! Is this a surprise? Of course not! Betamax manufacturers unable to transition to making DVDs are not around anymore… However, you may be a Betamax company if you, your team or your organization does not have the mindset to swiftly and smoothly handle change and progress. If your mindsets are not right for the rapidly accelerating world, you may be the […]