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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses possibilities. What is actually possible in life? In order to change what is possible, we have to change our view of life and do something different, including taking risks. Success comes from not focusing on the problems, but the value of what is possible. That energy will help push through the problems/obstacles. Creating a powerful vision with your team and organization helps create that energy. We encourage you to […]
Some organizational leaders are great at execution. Others are great at crafting a Vision. It seems rare to find a leader who is great at both. The processes of an organization should ensure tactical capability of execution, while prioritizing activity towards those best suited to the long-term vision of the future. This is important as organizational processes occur further away from the leaders; it becomes more difficult to ensure the quality of the process. Processes are also useful to most […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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. […]