by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership |
Jerome said his biggest problem was time management. He was overloaded, deadlines were getting missed, and he was stressed. Managing his team was his biggest time drain. “When they ask me questions, I get stuck spending time with them instead of doing my own...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Vision and Strategy |
When I published my Value of Vision series, I had no idea I had done something unusual. I am concerned about the current lack of interest around vision in leadership, and I had hoped that publishing a series of views from a variety of experts might help boost the...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership |
Much of your brain is hardwired from birth. Our primitive reflexes make us hyper-alert for bad news. Our brains detect negative information faster than positive information, and we have a stronger memory for painful experiences than pleasurable ones. This hardwiring...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Vision and Strategy |
Considering the compelling case for the value of vision, it’s strikingly absent these days. Recent research by Kouzes and Posner demonstrates that “being forward-looking is the quality that most separates leaders from individual contributors.”...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Vision and Strategy |
I had the pleasure of interviewing Doug Conant, newly appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Avon and the former President and CEO of Campbell Soup, where he led the company through a dramatic transformation, reversing the declining trend in earnings and employee...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Vision and Strategy |
Recently a senior executive asked me to help him with a vision statement. He saw this as an activity that needed to be completed. Although he wasn’t clear about his vision for the company, he just wanted help writing a good statement that would satisfy the...
