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...
Pause Before You Plan
This is a lovely moment. The darkest day of the darkest week of the year in the northern hemisphere. It is the moment before the balance shifts and light begins to overtake darkness. On the winter solstice, the rhythm of the sun pauses as it changes direction...
How To Become Your Own Successor
Guest Post by Bruce Rosenstein Most people are familiar with succession planning for an organization. Who is going to follow you as a leader once it is time for you to be replaced, and what must be done to prepare that person? Succession planning is undeniably...
The Images We Hold Create Our Reality
When I ask people to describe what it would look like if there were world peace, it's hard for them to conjure up specific images or descriptions. However, they easily provide vivid descriptions of what a post-World War III world would look like. All they have to do...
Mother Goose Management
Leadership can be as simple as Mother Goose Management. Here are 6 lessons you learned a long time ago, that when applied, will make you a better leader. 1. The lesson of Alice and the Cheshire Cat: If you don’t know where you’re going, it doesn’t matter what path...
How to Delegate So the Gain Outweighs the Pain
If you rarely delegate, you are an individual contributor. It doesn’t matter what your title is. Leaders who don’t delegate are not leading. Not delegating hurts. It hurts YOU. It’s not possible to do it all alone. You will get overloaded, stressed, and will...
What Business Are You Really In? Grace Hearth Knows
Is it possible to earn a living, have fun and make a difference in the world? Jocelyn Jackson and Keri Keifer have figured out how. Their business Grace Hearth might be considered a catering company – they cater all sizes of events, from weddings and meetings to small...
5 Ways Millennials Will Shape the Future of Work
Guest post by Dan Schawbel Millennials, also known as Generation Y, will comprise 75 percent of the global workforce by 2025. They are the most educated, most diverse and the most connected generation of our lifetime, and they are poised to make a major impact on...