How Does Your Team Vision Rate?
Does your team share a real vision? Is it being lived? Does it make a difference? Answer these 10 questions to find out how effective your vision is. Get a reality check. Ask everyone on your team to rate the vision and discuss your answers. It's a non-threatening way...
Neuroscience, Mindware and Influential Leadership
Guest Post by Rebel Brown Whether you're a small business owner or an executive of a large corporation, you are leading humans and their minds. The two are inseparable. Did you know that the words man and mind come from the same Sanskrit root? The sum of our...
Simple Tips for Cross-Cultural Communication via the Internet
The Internet has opened the door for cross-cultural communication. Where the United States was once isolated because of its size and location, you can now easily communicate with people in other countries, for work or networking, without having to leave home. If you...
Your Greatest Source of Influence
Your character is your greatest source of influence, no matter what your role or position. Your character is the expression of who you are. And influential character is built on a foundation of integrity. I have never facilitated the process of identifying values...
Help Employees Turn the Job They Have Into a Job They Love
Guest Post by Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans Celebrating the release of the 5th edition of the bestseller Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: Getting Good People to Stay by Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans, which provides twenty-six strategies to keep talented employees...
Change Your Story, Change Your Organization
Guest Post by Peggy Holman Like a great wave, cultural stories carry us along, creating a coherent view of our world. For example, the phrase the “American Dream” evokes a story that has inspired generations to believe that no matter who they are, by working hard,...
Heart Based Leadership Interview
What is one characteristic every leader should possess? What do you think is the biggest challenge facing leaders today? These are some of the interview questions I was asked. I was honored when Lolly Daskal, a leadership expert I highly respect, asked to interview me...
The Ups and Downs of Delegating
Where Do You Sit On the Scale? Are you under-delegating? Are you a control-freak? Are you delegating too much? Are you an absentee manager? Are you erratic in doing both? Are you a seagull manager? Problems arise when you are too far on either end of the scale. When...
How to Create a Shared Vision That Works
The Full Steam Ahead! Roadmap This is a "how to" post - for leaders and team members who want to create a shared vision. Over the years I have written blog posts that provide an explanation of each of these steps. Here I connect the dots by linking those posts with...
Three Leadership Principles for Times of Chaos
Guest post by Bob Miglani Walk into a business planning meeting, visit a customer, look at a forecast and all we see is uncertainty on the horizon these days. Coupled with unpredictability, the sheer complexity of global business and the speed of it all, and it feels...
Try Collaborative Change for a Change
If you are tired of "trickle-down" change, consider using a collaborative change process where a large slice of your organization comes together for real conversation and to make decisions about your collective future in real-time. This kind of high-involvement...
My Top 10 Blog Posts of 2013
It feels like a déjà vu. As 2013 draws to a close, here I am again sitting by a warm fire on a wintery Sunday night in New England, just as I did exactly a year ago, reflecting on the year and taking the opportunity to identify my top posts. Again, I have turned this...