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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
In a meeting recently we were coaching the salesman of large, expensive systems. He gave a great presentation and had a wonderful presence. He reminded me, though, of a friend of mine that had bought a telescope and could not get it to work. Over and over he kept looking through it and moving it around. He was persistent though and figured one day he would get it to work. I went to visit one day and upon arriving at […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the importance of resolving conflict and even better, preventing it. There will always be some form of conflict when multiple people work and live closely with one another whether it is family, friends, co-workers, teams, etc. Unfortunately most spend too much time discussing and dwelling on the actual conflict rather than working through the issues and resolving them. When we work to resolve conflicts 3 things occur: Creates a […]
While I do believe that we are responsible for bringing good to other people in our contact with them, I have noticed, especially in politicians, an arrogance where someone believes that they are smart enough to control other peoples’ lives. Traditionally they do this by limiting choices through regulation and taxation in a social engineering experiment that, in turn, steals the responsibility people have for running their lives well. This also causes the productive ones among us that are normally […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, builds on a previous blog regarding increasing an organization’s capabilities. In some organizations the learning and skill development tends to be limited to the higher level employees, management and owners. This can be due to limited finances for training and development or organizational culture or even the higher level employees not knowing or wanting for one reason or another to spend the time to develop their employees’ knowledge and […]
A few weeks ago I was in Arizona for a week. I did not receive any phone messages while out there. From 7am to 6pm it was all business, but with no phone calls between meetings and quiet evenings, I had an opportunity to feel and think about what we do as a business. I got a break from all of the “busyness”. While I have worked for years to not let busyness control me, it is still amazing how […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Nick Gonzales, discusses the importance of forgiveness. Many people in today’s society hold on to resentment, anger, and wrong doings that have been done to them. This can people effect both personally and professionally. Holding onto these feelings can become an obstacle for success and prevent nurturing relationships. In “Nurturing Healing Love” by Scarlet Lewis – she discusses her mission of finding forgiveness and nurturing healing love to honor her son, Jessie […]
Life is like interval training: we all need time to reflect and then time to act. Time to reflect. Time to act… It is exceptionally disappointing to see how so many people over think and do not act. Thinking is not necessarily reflecting. Reflecting without acting is day dreaming. It is also exceptionally disappointing to see people act before they reflect. Acting without reflection can do much damage. Acting without reflecting is chaos. Quote from William Blake: “He who desires […]
At Applied Vision Works, we work with many types of organizations (public, non-profit, government, educational institutions, manufacturing, etc.) We are finding that we are working more and more with “family” businesses. Below are some interesting things about family business according to a report published by the University of Vermont: There are 5.5 million family businesses in the US. Contribute 57% of the U.S. GDP (that’s $8.3 trillion) Employ 63% of the workforce Create 78% of all new jobs 35% of […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, talks about what happens when the leader or business owner gets “off track”, or inadvertently sends the wrong message. This can happen for several reasons. Sometimes is that the owners’ perceptions are that they are being direct and honest and sharing with the team. However, the team interprets this as the leader or owner not having confidence in the work they are doing, success of the organization, etc. So what […]