by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Attitudes and Mindset, Leadership, Purpose, Values, Vision and Strategy |
Now that I’ve been blogging for a couple of months, I decided to try an experiment: to list some of my favorite statements from my articles and books, and instead of discussing them, let them speak for themselves. You might think they don’t make any sense out of...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Picture of the Future, Purpose, Team Effectiveness, Vision and Strategy |
The year was 1961. President Kennedy announced the United States would land a man on the moon and return him safely before the end of the decade. He painted an audacious picture, considering NASA had not yet invented the necessary technology. Ten years later, through...
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 | 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 | 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...
