Leaders: It’s Not All About the Money

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Anil Saxena

It is time that all of us get into the 21st Century about motivation and driving high-performance in the workplace.   Over 20 years of research about what motivates people and teams to perform at their highest levels, have consistently shown that it is not money. What Motivates Us Yes, it’s true.  Money is not a primary motivator for a [...]

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On Leadership, NASCAR and Changing Gears

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Jason Monaghan

Race car driving is a potent metaphor for leadership.  Watching any NASCAR race shows how many people it takes to keep the car running and get it over the finish line.  An efficiently running business is no different… The Leadership Lane True leadership develops when organizations can unite behind a common purpose that serves their [...]

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Leaders: You Can’t Really Manage Change

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Anil Saxena

During a recent project that involved whole scale transformation of a client’s system to manage, hire, compensate, reward and recognize, 65% of their employees are who drive their profitability. The concept of managing change really is a fallacy. Traditional Change  There are many statistics indicating that traditional change management is only successful in approximately 30% – [...]

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Leadership Follies: What’s the Point of Half a Face Lift?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Anil Saxena

Executing big change-management projects within organizations is somewhat like performing major surgery on human patients. These are not just single, static events performed within a vacuum… They are actually a symphony of intricate processes that must be performed in sequence in order to achieve the desired outcome of healing a sick organism. Trending Outcomes As a [...]

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Leadership Follies – Lipstick on a Pig Does Not Make it Sexy

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Anil Saxena

Changes in organizations  and managers are often essential in order for your business to grow and thrive. Let’s just be very clear about something. If there is a need to make big changes in how an organization is performing and being managed, there are three things that will not make a difference. Giving people new titles. [...]

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Gaining Leadership Control: One Simple Thing

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jonathan Magid

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 [...]

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Hey Boy, Where’s Your Lanyard?

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Anil Saxena

During a recent project, I ran into an issue that worried me. Not because of the issue itself, but rather for what it represents. A really big deal was made about wearing the security badge ID’s on a lanyard and not on our belts. The Lanyard Decree After the “lanyard decree,”  lanyards were distributed throughout [...]

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