A New Type of Leader
Our organizations need something different from us at each size and stage. What had worked so well for us becomes less and less effective as …
Leading
Tips and Insights about influencing people toward shared goals.
People Problems
Most problems are people problems. Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, & Dennis Carey, HBR, August 2015 Miscommunication, misunderstanding, and conflict. The wrong people in the wrong roles. …
Management vs. Leadership
Management is what we do to get people to act as we want them to in an organization. It includes the title, the position, and the techniques. …
Making It So – Avoiding Leader’s Overwhelm
Leaders who are under water, stuck in the weeds, or putting out fires can’t get to their big-picture, strategic work. They are too busy doing …
We No Longer Need to Know
Many organizations still suffer because they give titles, money, and prestige to the people who know more things. People in these organizations fight each other to …
Steady, Determined Culture
Culture isn’t just one aspect of the game. It is the game. Lou Gerstner Culture is important. The sages tell us that Culture eats Strategy …
Open-Faced Sandwich Feedback
There’s a smelly old way of giving feedback that we commonly refer to as the s*** sandwich. When you have something negative to tell someone, …
Sunlight and Water
The sages tell us that our attention to things is like sunlight and water. It makes things grow. Why, then, do we give so much of …
Beliefs that Kill Leadership
Here are three common beliefs that kill leadership dead. Believing “Because I said so” is a valid move. Overvaluing the title leads to resentment, resistance, …
Choose This Way of Leading
Our goal as leaders is to have people do the best possible things at the best possible time to get the results that our clients …