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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
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 […]
One of the deepest parts of our work is tying why a business owner owns a business to their personal purpose in life. In our 2nd book, “The Challenge of Meaning”, we show how that impacts the business day-to-day. A client for 25 years started his business because his previous boss threw the phone through a wall while chasing an employee down a hallway when he lost his temper. This client quit and went off to start his very successful […]
In the movie, “Facing The Giants”, one of the potential leaders of the football team is very negative. The coach challenges him to carry one of the team members on his back. They “negotiate” he can carry him 30 yards. The coach says, “Ok, but I want you to do it blindfolded…” Without being able to see his progress, the player with the coach encouraging him, actually ends up carrying his teammate the full length of the field, more than […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the importance of using the correct tools at the proper time. Many organizations are buying tools (programs, lectures, concepts) without knowing how to actually use them in the practical world. Tools are designed to enhance processes and procedures and make work easier or simpler – for the right reason. Are you clear on what needs to be achieved and if your tools are helping? Do you need additional tools […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the idea of what do you need to learn versus what do we already know. Many business leaders know a great deal about their industry, business, leadership, etc. They read books and attend classes on a regular basis to keep up with integral aspects of business and family – to continue the “mind feed”. What we as leaders sometimes fail to do is stop and evaluate what we already […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In working with people and organization in our program, I find that when we are just starting out, many times they have thoughts and feelings on the inside that they have never shared with others or have not shared in a long time. They have been so busy making stuff happen and responding, that one day they wake up and their life is not who they really are. Their insides are not matched up with their outsides. Years ago I […]