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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses accomplishing something. Many leaders and teams when attempting something new will ask the question “How do we accomplish this?” There can be a fear of not being successful, or the fear of the new skill sets and capabilities, or the fear of the impact this new process, product, etc. may have on the organization. Leaders and teams typically want things to occur in a certain way or to go […]
So much more is possible…if you take action! Successful leaders and organizations have one ingredient in common – they execute to achieve. To flourish, leaders need to put all the pieces together, learn from their experiences, share those lessons, and continue to execute, improve and communicate. This is a cycle for success. If you take action, you will always have forward progress that is dramatic. Some months you will go backwards, but every 12 months you will find that you […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses how leadership, teamship and cultureship are all interrelated. As we have worked with organizations developing their leaders, we have discovered that not all leaders are good at creating teams. Strong leaders need the balance of teams in order to continue the growth and success of the organization. We have also found that leaders and teams are not always good at developing the culture of the organization – from […]
Many times when we begin our work with clients, we have to initially caution them that our process is not a silver bullet. To do it right, we need to get the foundation right and then start “building”. Part of building the foundation is making certain that what is below the ground is correct and strong enough to build upon, even though you may not be able to see it. We can help address an issue that is causing a […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses identifying your “star” or “A” players versus mediocre players (“B”s and “C”s). Much like sports, leaders need to identify their key performing players (the A’s) versus those that can increase to this level or those that need to be removed. Having tools and systems in place to evaluate as well as coaching employees is critical to this identification. We use several tools with organizations and leaders to help them […]
Yesterday, we met with the six members of a Leadership Team. Two of the members regularly travel to the 25 locations of the company and work with the leaders at each location. They are very good at what they do and get good results, but not great results. We are trying to position this organization to grow (something they have tried in the past) but the effort always seems to start well and then fail. We were hired to ensure […]
This morning during a meeting with a business owner, he realized that he had failed as a leader. His organization had experienced yet another problem with their internet access. As one of his employees worked on it with tech support, the employee cheerfully made the comment, “At least it is job security!” The owner was happy that this employee so cheerfully went to work on the problem, but then he stopped; then thought, pondered, and began to worry. This owner […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses conflict and conflict resolution. Conflict is an inevitable part of being part of a team and organization. From the miniscule to the complete knock down drag outs, conflict arises on a regular basis as long as communication, perspectives, styles and backgrounds and people are involved. We have found that one of the critical factors in preventing the more catastrophic types of conflict, is setting boundaries. When we set boundaries […]
A client was discussing with us the other day about two hard working employees who are upset about a “lazy” employee. The two hard working employees are becoming demotivated by the fact that they work hard and are doing a good job yet the other employee, when finished with work, does not do anything productive; instead he sits around talking with others. The two resentful employees do not know that this “lazy” employee actually has a serious health issue that […]