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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the three powers that teams need to have true teamwork and be successful long term. These powers are: Thrill Power – the excitement team members and organizations have about the work, tasks, and goals they are trying to reach. Still Power – the overall sense of peace that what is being done is the right thing and that everyone is working together. Will Power (the most important power) – […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the difference between control and communicating. Trying to control things more and more as your organization grows is a big mistake. A better approach is to increase communications and teaching. Teaching leaders and employees increases effectiveness. Teaching not just the details, but also the values and principles behind them as well. Three things to keep in mind when communicating and teaching: Do your leaders demonstrate the key principles and […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the importance of leaders asking questions. Being a true team is about bringing people together that have common values and goals. It is never about who is smarter or has more experience. As Don explains, it is about interacting in a more powerful and impactful way together. Three things to keep in mind when building and engaging your team: Does your organization bring its people together as a team? […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the importance of leaders asking questions. (Flickr – Don Moyer) One of the most important things leaders can do is to ask questions. The key is knowing how to use questions. Asking questions does 3 things: 1) Questions clarify the future 2) Questions solidify the past 3) Questions uncover the next steps that need to be taken According to an interview with the head of White Castle Foods, their […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the similarities between a Strategic Plan and learning to fly and land an airplane. While this sounds unusual, there are truths to be found in this analogy. Strategic Plans provide a trajectory or path for individual and organizational goals. It not only allows there to be focus on the long term goal and success but also for the current situation. One of the most vital parts of a Strategic […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Nick Gonzales, discusses working through change. There are several types of change as well as reactions to those changes. Crisis and change have always been inevitable for leaders to face. There was a time when organizations could face changes and challenges with a reasonable amount of predictability and make plans ahead of time. Tried and true “best practices” could be called upon and integrated to cope with the changes. Nick reminds us […]
In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses the idea of Eeyore in organizations. If you remember from childhood reading, Eeyore is an extremely “gloomy gus”. He exhibits no energy, no emotion, nothing. If there is energy (whether positive or negative), organizations and leaders can work together to channel or focus that energy. When there is no energy, there is nothing to work with. Don reminds us that this type of employee sucks the energy from others […]
13 08 29 Strategic Plans are the Recipe for Your Organization – YouTube. In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses how a Strategic Plan goes from being a “baseline” that provides a path for an organization and its goals towards a more sophisticated “recipe” that instructs, provides structure, and is duplicatable. Don reminds us that it’s not just the ingredients (goals) that are important, but the instructions on what to do when and for how long. […]
Embedded video not working? Click here to view it on Youtube. In this week’s video blog our expert guide, Don Hadley, discusses that in some organizations there are teams that for whatever reason are negative, have low morale, unwillingness to lay out a path for the future. When this occurs, we utilize innovative tools within our program to change things around. Don speaks about one of our clients that at the beginning of the relationship, he had the above situation. […]