by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Team Effectiveness |
When I am asked to facilitate team building or team training, here are the first two questions I ask and why I ask them: 1. “What do you want to accomplish? What will be different as a result?” I ask to make sure that what they are requesting will get them where they...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Goals, Personal Effectiveness |
My friend Susan wrote, “Although I am ashamed to admit it….I don’t think I have any goals right now. At least there are none that have crystallized for me. I am a goal-setter, always have been, and have achieved almost all that I have set…. What I am trying to do is...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Goals, Personal Effectiveness |
In 1999 I decided to re-prioritize my life. My children were five- and ten-years old, and my career was approaching a peak. I travelled two to three days a week and worked an additional 30 hours a week in my home office. I squeezed work into every crack –...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Culture and Workplace Environment, Leadership, Values, Vision and Strategy |
The events before, during and after the January 13 tragedy aboard the Costa Concordia point to a true failure of leadership at every level, from the captain who ran the luxury liner aground during a drive by “salute” off the island of Isola del Giglio to the chief...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Team Effectiveness |
Team members make two common mistakes: Mistake #1: Thinking it’s the team leader’s responsibility to pull the team together and waiting passively for that to happen. Mistake #2: Accepting mediocrity because they assume there is nothing they can do. Ultimately a...