Leadership Checklist ✓ Managing well for the purpose of leading well is something you as a leader deeply understand. Having an excellent organization, systems within your company that empower the team members, and a focus on making and exceeding the goals through focus and hard work. You regularly checking the expenditure and revenue reports for [...]
Herding Cattle - A Surprisingly Good Analogy for Leadership In countries where there are vast expanses of grazing land, such as the United States and Australia, the need to manage, maximize growth and protect the value of large cattle herds occurs with differing approaches to the challenge. In the United States, hundreds of thousands of [...]
Wise Beyond Your Field by Nancy K. Napier & The Gang Order on Amazon Our Overall Rating: 9.8/10 Usefulness Rating: 9.9/10 Stretch Your Thinking Rating: 9.6/10 Our Main Take-Away: Wise Beyond Your Field includes the meaningful [...]
Standing below an electrical transmission line, one can hear the crackle and pop of electrical power being lost to the resistance created as it flows through the semi-conductive wire. Under ideal temperature conditions and utilizing optimal materials, power can flow in a way that is virtual without resistance and loss of capacity. Super-conductivity, when it [...]
The Limits of Creative Energy: Investing It Wisely Being creative in the work environment can be one of the very most rewarding parts of the jobs people perform every day. As leaders, it is common to call upon people with particular creative talents on a repeated basis to enhance the work of the team. While [...]
Bleed Air: What Leaders Can Learn from the 787 When the team designing the 787 widebody aircraft began their work, they faced a monumental challenge. In addition to creating an aircraft with great range and comfort, there was an overall requirement that this new airplane is 20 percent more fuel-efficient than any before. With increased [...]
In a society that is deeply enamored with “quick and easy”, “buy now and pay later”, and “drive it home today”, the underlying fundamentals of long-term success are easily obscured. A rush by companies and organizations towards “short-term return on investment” and “success with minimal effort” reside in direct contrast to the strategies that successful [...]
As the CEO and leader of the organization, there are many responsibilities and tasks that require regular attention. While each of these appears to vie equally for the CEO’s time, there are certain aspects of the role that are inherently more important. When a major initiative begins its journey from idea to reality it is [...]
Exciting Projects, Daunting Tasks When the leader assembles a group of people to bring a concept from imagined to fruition, the task can often seem straight forward. The accomplishment of the project in line with company goals is certainly the main objective. However, there are additional dynamics that come with calling upon the collective capacity [...]
Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs by John Doerr Order on Amazon Our Overall Rating: 9.8/10 Usefulness Rating: 9.9/10 Stretch Your Thinking Rating: 9.7/10 Our Main Take-Away: [...]
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