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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, talks about Operations and Allocations. Today’s leaders tend to have an operations background and thus focus on how to run more effectively. Many of our clients focus on this but they miss the cash that is generated through the operations and capacity and to allocate or borrow on that capital. Successful leaders and organizations typically also spend 80% of their time focused on Capital Allocations. Time should be spent […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses assertiveness. What is assertiveness? Our expert guides find that assertiveness goes back to communication that says to those around them, “I understand what you are saying and understand your expectations. Here are my expectations. Now let me tell you where I am coming from. Now, how can we bring these together?” Aggressiveness is very different in nature. Agressiveness is saying through behavior, words, and actions, “All I care about […]
Recently, we conducted two tough meetings (or we should say, tough for our clients): One tough meeting had to do with cash flow. The owners were trying to determine the next time they would get into dangerous territory. It took 2 1/2 hours, and we identified that come January there would be a $700,000 shortfall. It was frustrating, but the good news is that at least we now knew what the situation was and could really do something about it. […]
The mind and heart can envision and feel great things, but so many times there is a disconnect in where we are today vs. where we desire to be. While there are many necessary pieces to bridging that gap, one of the key girders is accountability: the willingness to do what one says. Part of this is holding each other accountable. There must be both individual and team accountability for a business to work effectively. I am reminded of Peter […]
Without a long term view of the future, people in organizations have a tendency to get focused on smaller details and get bogged down with what is not critical. When business is tough, they become even more entrenched and bogged down. The human mind will focus on something and it will choose whatever is closest at hand. The negative issues seem to feel bigger and can overwhelm the team. Incremental improvements do not seem worth the effort and improvements stop. […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses how life and business are a safari of the heart. This adventure we call life changes, and we can sometimes lose our sense of self and wonder. Our job at Applied Vision Works is to help people (individually or as an organization and team) go on a “safari of the heart” and pursue those things they would not normally do. We encourage you to ask yourself the following questions: […]
Why are people not logical? We would then be like computers, predictable, and yet breaking down at the first missing bit of data or at the first amount of data overload. We could not get to better answers because we would be preprogrammed for a set outcome. With emotion, we are able to break patterns and to weave new ones. It gives us a shot at new and better possibilities. Some of those possibilities we may not have ever considered […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses how people are a lot like vegetable soup; meaning that we are each made up of many different pieces (or ingredients). Many people identify themselves and others as “introvert” or “extroverts”, etc. When doing this, we limit not only ourselves but those around us to reaching our fullest potential. Our program is designed to bring out and discover all aspects of a person’s potential, abilities, etc. Those who work […]