by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Purpose, Team Effectiveness |
The window shade company was struggling. Mary, a business consultant, asked the owner, “What business are you really in?” The owner replied, condescendingly, “The window shade business, Mary.” Thinking to himself this conversation was a waste of time. But undaunted,...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Author Interviews & Book Reviews |
I understand the desire to study great leaders. It is my own habit as well. I gobble up biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and currently Steve Jobs. But I read because I am...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Goals, Vision and Strategy |
I once heard that in order to reach the moon, NASA made over a thousand mid-course corrections. At first I was surprised. If you know where you’re going, why not just plot the course, like they do on Star Trek? But then I realized it’s a perfect metaphor for a...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Goals, Picture of the Future, Purpose, Vision and Strategy |
When you have a vision, you know where you want to go and you can see your next steps – but you won’t be able to see the entire path. Vision is not about the path, it’s about the destination. As you take each step, the next step becomes clear as long as...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Vision and Strategy |
Leadership is about where you’re going and your journey along the way. It involves changing the status quo in order to create a desired future. Leadership behaviors include: Challenging the current way of doing things: searching for opportunities and taking risks...
