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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the importance of engaging. One of the things most missing with building visions and goals with teams, divisions and organization is engagement. Many leaders are great at energizing and focusing their people but not engaging with those around them. We encourage you to ask yourself the following questions: How do you engage your employees and team members? Do your leaders and teams know how to think rationally and take […]
Without a long term view of the future, people in organizations have a tendency to get focused on small details and can get bogged down with what is not critical. When the business environment is tough, organizations become even more entrenched in today’s issues. The human mind will focus on something and it will choose whatever is closest at hand. The negative issues feel bigger than they are and many times overwhelm the team. Incremental improvements do not seem worth […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses importance of exploring. How many people buy a boat and yet keep it in the harbor or buy a plane and leave it in the hanger? Taking risks and exploring the external world along with the internal world helps us grow as people and as a community. We encourage you to ask yourself the following questions: Are you and your leaders committed to trying new things, ideas, perspectives? How […]
Just because we accept where we are does not mean that is where we are supposed to stay. As leaders, it is important to recognize, celebrate and take peace from what has been achieved and to harvest the wisdom learned. At the same time, we need to continue defining where we are going long term in a way that engages the team. Without the motivation and involvement of your team, success at climbing your mountain may be just out of […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the 2 key factors for growth: people and money. During times of growth (or when the opposite occurs) challenges arise and changes that need to be made can be quite painful. Having leaders focusing on people as well as money can help create a clearer, more focused path for employees to follow. We encourage you to ask yourself the following questions: How do you keep momentum going to overcome […]
Experiencing and reading about how economic crisis occur around the world is fascinating. In the book “Too Big to Fail” by Andrew Sorkin, where he details a meeting between AIG and JP Morgan in late 2008 he says: Even worse, Dimon didn’t think that they had an accurate read of their financial data. As far as he could tell, Schreiber was simply reading off a sheet of siloed information that had never been aggregated and analyzed in one piece. “You […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses return on investments. Return on Investment (ROI) is more than just money. As with most situations, there are 2 sides to the ROI equation. The first, and the most focused upon, is money. The other side of the equation, the one most overlooked, is to create a story, motivation, desire & challenge for the organization and its people. When leaders consider this less focused upon part of the equation, […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the difference between consultants and guides. Let’s start with the definition of consultants: “People who provide expert advice professionally.” (from Merriam Webster) They then tell you what you need to do and then leave. Merriam Webster Dictionary defines a guide as “a person who leads or directs other people on a journey.” The next time you are wondering if you should hire a consultant or if you have had […]