Paradoxical Leadership

Posted on June 30, 2009 by David Vittoria

As leaders, we encounter many different types of questions, problems, and challenges during a typical day.
Often, we deal with them by doing what is commonly referred to as “gap analysis”: we take notice of where we are or what we don’t know, we visualize what we want to know or get to, and we map [...]

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Stick and the Streamer Leadership

Posted on June 28, 2009 by David Hasenbalg

Have you ever had front row seat to watch a good initiative fail? It can be breathtaking. Literally.
Several years ago I was given the challenge of driving a major initiative in a Fortune 500 company. Our goal: find ways to significantly increase revenue and to reduce expenses in one of the company’s business units.
Several [...]

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Fail:Succeed

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Dr Richard Norris

How many of us started out in life hearing the words from peers, parents and professionals that failure is bad? Schools around the world predominantly are run on pass/fail systems. “Failure as a bad thing” seems perfectly prevalent no matter where you seem to go. Why is this so?
Why is the default setting for failure automatically [...]

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Securing Your Legacy

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Jennifer Werth

The mark of a great leader is the legacy one leaves behind. How your company survives and recovers from your absence is a tribute to your leadership. What’s your exit strategy?

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Leadership Straight from the Horse’s Mouth

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Ken Jacobs

Leaders can significantly improve their skills by having outside hobbies, passions and pursuits.
It helps them channel their energies, frustrations and passions into something else other than organizational effectiveness. It can also help them learn a thing or two…
Business leader Carol Cone of Cone, Inc., a leader in cause-related branding programs is also a champion in the highly competitive [...]

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On Goal:On Target

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Dr Richard Norris

“Oh no! Not another article on goal setting?”
Well until we have everybody clear and focused on how to reach our destinations, we are going to have to continue to communicate as effectively as we can on the ways to get from here to there. And by the looks of things today, I am thinking [...]

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On Leadership and Blind Mice

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Tom Schulte

Which way do we go?
This is a great question that comes up almost every day from people looking for direction for their teams, their projects, or their future in general.
The question comes from people who are searching to find a path that makes sense out of the unknown or darkness.
Sometimes the question of “which way [...]

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Self-Serving Leadership

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Chris Sprague

A few years ago, I was listening to an audio book Masterful Leadership – Leading Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard and was introduced to the concept of servant leadership.  Up until that time, I was like most managers and leaders I had known and had not given any thought to ‘why’ I was leading – for me [...]

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Yes, No, Maybe So

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Eleanor Biddulph

In his recent post titled “The Wobbliness of Maybe,” Michael Niell suggests that one of the reasons people are overwhelmed is because there are too may uncertainties in our lives.
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The more we can commit to saying “yes” or “no” and the less we leave hanging around “maybe,” the more organized we are, the more focused [...]

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Your Leadership Limits

Posted on June 17, 2009 by George Brymer

The frustrated director of a public transit system once described his expectations for employees to me. All he asked of his bus drivers were three simple things: be at work every day, be on time, and be in uniform.
Why, he wondered, does his staff respond to such undemanding requests with ongoing absenteeism, tardiness, and [...]

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