by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Culture and Workplace Environment, Values |
It’s springtime in New England. The trees are beginning to bud and soon it will be time for my teenage son to start mowing the lawn again. I need to find a new tree service company. I fired my old one last summer. My son mows our lawn every week. The tree service...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Attitudes and Mindset, Picture of the Future, Purpose, Values, Vision and Strategy |
Did you ever wake up, look in the mirror and ask yourself, “How did I get off-track?” My client Sam, head of buying for a large retail company, recently confided to me, “I’m working way too hard and spending too much time doing things I don’t enjoy. When I first...
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...
