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...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Purpose, Values, Vision and Strategy |
Recently a business colleague startled me by stating “vision is oversold and overrated.” I was surprised because, although leaders often don’t know how to create a vision, I assumed they believe it is important. To be fair, my friend wasn’t saying that vision isn’t...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Attitudes and Mindset, Culture and Workplace Environment, Purpose, Values |
Mary Parker Follett, often called “the prophet of management,” was wrong about one thing. Most of us still split our time between “working” and “providing service” to our communities and society. We do not see how our day-to-day work provides a great service to...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Personal Effectiveness |
It is said that Abraham Lincoln often slipped out of the White House on Wednesday evening to listen to the sermons of Dr. Phineas Gurley at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. He generally preferred to come and go unnoticed. So when Dr. Gurley knew the president was...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Purpose |
I didn’t take the idea of starting a blog lightly. Having considered it for months, I was still undecided, especially after coming across a statistic that “up to 80% of blogs are abandoned within the first month.” It appears that the reality might not be as attractive...
