by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Attitudes and Mindset, Leadership, Picture of the Future, Vision and Strategy |
Try this quick little test. Don’t spend a lot of time on it. Just list the first things that pop into your head. To make it easier, I’ll start each list. List 5 movies that graphically depict a scary future filled with death and destruction. The Day the...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Team Effectiveness, Vision and Strategy |
“The senior leaders have no vision,” he said glumly, as an explanation for his company’s problems. I had heard this many times during my interviews of key employees at the company. It was the end of my last interview. I set my pen down and asked the question I...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Attitudes and Mindset, Picture of the Future, Purpose, Values, Vision and Strategy |
Did you ever wake up, look in the mirror and ask yourself, “How did I get off-track?” My client Sam, head of buying for a large retail company, recently confided to me, “I’m working way too hard and spending too much time doing things I don’t enjoy. When I first...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Attitudes and Mindset, Personal Effectiveness, Picture of the Future |
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” ~ Walt Disney These are not simply encouraging words. Disney knew that when you create a picture in your mind, tremendous power is released. My first experience with the “power of picture” took place in a fifth grade classroom...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Customer Relationship, Leadership, Purpose, Team Effectiveness, Vision and Strategy |
Mary Parker Follett, a pioneering business consultant, was asked to help a troubled window shade company. The company’s thinking was narrow and limited. When asked to define their business, they said, “We produce window shades.” She asked them “What business are...
