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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
I forget who said it, but I remember hearing the phrase “common sense is uncommon”. Listening to Dave Ramsey on the radio the other week, he said “I sell common sense for a living and I get people to do it.” I thought it was insightful. While easy to say, it is exceptionally difficult to do. Most of our great clients, business leaders and their teams, are making a living by providing common sense and getting people to do it. […]
Many years ago we were in Atlanta where 200 top leaders and business owners met. One of the conclusions of the session and one that continues to be true was that the biggest challenge in the modern age was recruiting and retaining “A” employees (players). Below are the top 9 tools we see under-utilized in the practical world. In our 3Rs Program these tools are used with other methods and techniques to ensure that only the best “A” players are […]
In every situation as we are getting to know people, we ask the question, “What is the most difficult situation you have ever been in and what did you learn from it?” The responses we hear give us a sense of the depth of the person, a sense of their values and insight into their maturity as a human being. Part of what I have come to believe is that someone has not really “got it” until they are faced […]
About a year ago, a client and their team were having trouble getting people to shape up or ship out, so we developed “the fork in the road talk”. If there was a performance or attitude problem, the discussion had to start with the phrase “you have a fork in the road”. The next part of the talk was sharing the difference between the two forks in the road in terms of outcomes (e.g. you will not be with us […]
I was talking with amountain climber (and business leader) the other day. We were discussing how so many times people, teams, and businesses think that they “have got it” (whatever it is). Yet as he was talking about mountain climbing, he shared that many times during the climb there are “false peaks”. It looks like you are at the top but due to geography; you cannot see the real peak. As you get into a better position and can see […]
Yesterday I spoke to a divisional CEO who is frustrated because his boss does not have a clear vision of where they are going. It is obvious they want to grow the business, but there is no clear blueprint, schedule, materials list, specs, etc. for what it is they are building and how they are supposed to do it. For him, it makes it hard to know what is best to do and how to build, coach, direct his people […]
Earlier this year, we posted a blog about the definition of “Success”. As we close out 2013 and approach a new and exciting 2014, it is important to build on that definition of “Success”. Two simple yet critical keys to continued success are smart work and hard work. In discussions with owners and their core teams, we noticed that they all work hard and have great family, community and business values. They have a great deal of integrity, and have […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses what the single best gift we can give is. During the holiday season, most of us think about special gifts for those around us. Those gifts can be anything from an iPad or Xbox to giving our time and attention. While working with leaders, teams and families, we have discovered that the BEST give anyone can give is: Feedback. The feedback should not be general in nature, but specific […]
We had a 1 1/2 hour meeting yesterday with two brilliant men. We discussed the business plan for each of their divisions and the implementation plan of processes, etc. It was fantastic. The logic was unassailable… Yet the results were very incremental, and not embraced by the other managers/leaders. They were not grabbing the hearts and therefore were not getting the minds of the employees. They were trying to tell logic rather than persuading/clarifying “values in action”. There was too […]