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 | 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 | Author Interviews & Book Reviews |
Creating an Online Community What happens when you care deeply about something and have knowledge that can help others? Many people write a book on the topic, hoping to extend their reach. What happens when you want to go beyond the reach of your book? You can start...
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 | Team Effectiveness, Vision and Strategy |
“The senior leaders have no vision,” he said glumly, as an explanation for his company’s problems. I had heard this many times during my interviews of key employees at the company. It was the end of my last interview. I set my pen down and asked the question I...
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 | Attitudes and Mindset, Personal Effectiveness, Picture of the Future |
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” ~ Walt Disney These are not simply encouraging words. Disney knew that when you create a picture in your mind, tremendous power is released. My first experience with the “power of picture” took place in a fifth grade classroom...
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...
