by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Leading Change, Team Effectiveness, Values, Vision and Strategy |
The head of HR explained to me, “My team provides great customer service. Whatever a business leader asks for, they knock themselves out to provide it quickly and with quality. “But I think we need to change to a consultative approach. When we get a request, we should...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Attitudes and Mindset |
This post is Part II. Part I: The Real Success Was Something I Hadn’t Expected reflects the events and learnings from the first week of the launch of my book Full Steam Ahead! xxxxxx It’s Saturday morning after a very busy book launch week. Finally I have...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Attitudes and Mindset |
May 2 was the official launch date for the 2nd edition of my book Full Steam Ahead. Although authors often invest in a comprehensive, intensive multi-media campaign for a new book, they rarely do this for a 2nd edition, especially when the first edition has already...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Purpose, Team Effectiveness, Values, Vision and Strategy |
Does your organization have a vision? If you answered, “I don’t know” or “We do, but I’m not sure what it is,” don’t feel alone – you are in the majority. Although many organizations have a vision statement, often it’s...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Attitudes and Mindset, Collaboration, Culture and Workplace Environment |
Many years ago while working with the officers of a successful Fortune 500 company, during a break in a strategy session, Dan, the president requested of me half-jokingly, “no more ‘p’ words, Jesse.” I had never heard that term before. “What are ‘p’ words?” I asked....
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 | Attitudes and Mindset, Personal Effectiveness, Picture of the Future, Purpose, Values, Vision and Strategy |
Why hasn’t my life turned out the way I planned? Twice in one week I heard this exact same question. Both times I was surprised because each woman seemed quite accomplished. Michelle’s warm personality and infectious laugh attracts a lot of friends. She has a...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Team Effectiveness, Values |
It was quite a blow-up. Laura and Will each accused the other of violating one of the team’s core values – integrity. They each felt they had honored the value and the other person had disregarded it. People sure get mad when they feel someone has trampled on...
