Leadership Storyboarding

People become leaders – by title – because they’re good at . . . well, leading.  Well, in addition to this… you also need to be good at organizing, counseling, and many other things.   But for now, I just want to focus on organizing. Organizing projects and processes, that is. Organizing Formats As a [...]

6 Steps to Sustainable Leadership: Team Balance

In organizations, having human beings of all different stripes working together can be quite a complex undertaking. With all the personalities, pre-wired dispositions, and learned behaviors, managing and leading a team of people toward unified goals can almost seem impossible. Fortunately, we have instruments and tools to help us! Leadership Toolbox I have learned a [...]

Leaders: Be Bad Long Enough to Become Good

Leaders are meant to be looked up to; to have a powerful role and impact people. However, it seems that leaders are not fulfilling their roles the way that they should be. The most recent National Leadership Index compiled by the Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership shows that overall confidence in leadership remains [...]

Gaining Leadership Control: One Simple Thing

Most every busy leader longs for some magic wand that will help them simplify the monstrosity that is their life and role.   Wouldn’t it be great if there was one simple thing any leader could do to stimulate a positive team culture, deepen the bonds between teammates, and create a “virtuous circle” of effective group [...]

How Important Are Informal Leaders?

There are many articles out there asking questions like:  Are great leaders born or bred? And there are many answers to this question. I like this quote as an answer: “Leaders born to be bred.” Hierarchy or Not Most of us realize that leadership does not have to come from the top in order to be [...]

6 Steps to Sustainable Teams: Start with Strengths

A great leader does what they can to make themselves and people around them succeed and excel to their fullest potential. If you as a leader aren’t doing this, then it’s time to focus on becoming a “Maximizer.” Maximizer:  People with the “Maximizer Theme” focus on others’ strengths as a way to stimulate personal and [...]

Leaders: How to Build the Perfect Organizational Machine

Strong leaders know one thing above all else: At the end of the day, organizational success is all about, and only about, one thing: Performance. Without performance, your future is set… Meaning: You are done! Ask yourself this: When trying to secure the right people in your organization to help produce growth, are you tired of the employee selection [...]

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