We expect managers (with teams) to lead better, but are we providing them with what they need to do so? Management is not leadership. Most organizations have many means to manage work, which includes asking people to share, measure,...
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You can make better decisions when supported by diverse minds working together toward a common goal. That is, when they are Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive (DEI). I know this to be true because I’ve been supporting decisions my entire...
I spoke to a Rotary group this past week. Like many service organizations, local Rotary clubs are seeing their membership decline and many members are choosing to no longer attend meetings in person. And attracting new members, especially younger...
When being clear with others, it can be useful to pause. Pausing will help you best ensure that your communication with others lands as you’ve intended it to. You want the content of your message and the tone you...
Learning to pause made such a crucial difference in my own success, especially with choices, decisions, and pivots.Lately, I’ve been sharing with leaders why and how to pause. Following are a few highlights that I hope cause you to...
Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Dr. Ginny Bianco-Mathis (and Mitch Simon, but you’ll only hear Dr. Mathis and me in the clip that I’m sharing with this blog post). Dr. Mathis and Mitch co-host the...
For teams to execute strategy brilliantly, a leader must be clear. Clear about the vision (the direction). Clear about the strategy (the way to move closer toward the vision) in a way that each person can understand the role...
You Can Create a Workplace Context Where People Thrive, and Execute Brilliantly A critical part of a leader’s role is to build others up. Great leaders are highly skilled at this. Good leaders sometimes give up because they...
Strategies change. At least they should—in order to even just keep up with the change around us. This series addresses Alignment. How can you align your people with strategy? How do you know when strategy must change? (even when...
What does teamwork really mean? Would the U.S. economy be where it is today if we really had this? Ok, the U.S. economy is for another post. This post is about us, and how in bad times we are...