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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 […]
Many times we as leaders see a problem and believe our job is to fix it. We then go to the troops and explain to them, sell to them, why our solution is best. Part of what we have learned over the years, is that many times it is better to go to the troops and say, “Hey, we have this problem…We don’t know what to do about it. What do you think?” It is amazing how often a better […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the need to create thirst or hunger in your organization’s employees and leaders. When employees and leaders are “driven” to reach a goal, learn something, or succeed at something, these same people will then perform at a higher level. There is a great quote from the book “The Prince” which states, “Rather than building ships, teach people to yearn for the sea, and they will build the ships to […]
If you have ever been an employee of an organization that was bought, especially if you were bought by a large multinational public company, in most cases it is unbelievably painful. Not getting enough information in some cases, way too much in others and all of the stuff that unexpectedly happens can be very disruptive and counterproductive. Processes change, goals are dramatically altered, and it seems very arbitrary. It is devastating to morale. One of our clients has been bought […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, takes time to discuss the idea of “The Turn Around”. When life gets difficult or does not go as planned, we, as individuals, can begin to become negative and lose focus and become not as effective as we can be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNUVTKQAMQU Byron Katie, the author of “Loving What Is”, uses 4 powerful questions to help re-align individual’s thoughts on stressful, painful, or negative think. Our expert guide, Don, mentions the […]
When we build Purpose, Mission, Values etc. with our clients, too often the team loves it and decides to go with what they love. (You may visit the AVW Purpose, Mission & Values Page by Clicking Here) While this is great to have team buy-in, Applied Vision Works also recommends doing some market research. Once the team has built whatever it is (it may also be a process, a project, a plan or whatever), share it with people that are […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, expands on the April 2013 Leadership Forum that was conducted regarding Systems and Process Thinking. Although the game utilized during our Leadership Forum was simple and not complex, participants soon discovered that emotions drive the peaks and valleys within the system or process. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giLVtXq6Qfs&feature=youtu.be When seeking to establish “blame” when things do not go as expected, leaders and employees sometimes look to the human component rather than the process or […]