"Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations." --Peter F. Drucker In business today we are navigating uncharted waters. Even the financial crisis of 2008 did not pose as many challenges for leaders as the [...]
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” ―Marie Curie What we are enduring and navigating today was unimaginable just a few months ago. The COVID-19 virus has required us to make major adjustments to our daily [...]
"The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision." - Theodore Hesburgh The Pressure of Planning The pressure to complete the next project, reach the next production target, return the most recent 100 emails or just check all the boxes that are due by Friday can sound very familiar to most [...]
Q: How do you balance creativity with limited resources? The team sits in various poses of frustration as you the leader explain to them that when you asked them to be “creative” and “think out of the box” regarding your most recent project, you had no idea that they would come up with this. The [...]
Planning in Advance, Innovating with Purpose, and Being Available when Others Need You This is the full-length version of our April 2020 Newsletter, if you are interested in receiving a monthly newsletter from us, click here! Meet Rachel On March 18, 2020, amid the confusion caused by the Coronavirus of employees being sent home and [...]
Make Your Bed: Little Things that can Change Your Life ... and Maybe the World by Admiral William H. McRaven (Ret) Order on Amazon Our Overall Rating: 9.9/10 Usefulness Rating: 9.5/10 Stretch Your Thinking Rating: 9.6/10 Our [...]
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, PhD Order on Amazon Our Overall Rating: 9.9/10 Usefulness Rating: 9.9/10 Stretch Your Thinking Rating: 9.7/10 Our Main Take-Away: Mindset is a very positive, helpful and [...]
A Lack of Clarity In recent years there has been a great deal written on the importance of effective leadership at every level of the organization, for the ultimate success of the organization. Leaders who are growing in their practice are frequently urged to “serve” and “remove the barriers” from the workplace so that the [...]
Working closely with a trusted team member for years can make the need for a difficult conversation particularly difficult. In working closely there is a strong possibility that the two of you have become very comfortable with the relationship and the need for exercising positional authority, as the leader, may well have become non-existent. Unexpected [...]
The mantra in the world of professional corporate information officers is, “carry your own message… or someone will carry one for you”. The meaning clearly is, if you as a leader wish to reside on the front of the “information wave”, communicate Intentionally as early and as often as possible. Making time to thoughtfully and [...]
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