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We are all leaders in some way. Sometimes we are drawn to leadership early in life, as I was. For me, leadership was a calling. Other times you are tapped on the shoulder for future leadership opportunities by how you show up on the job. As an adult with job...
I assert that great leadership requires a certain amount of certainty in order to provide clarity. See if you agree. Agreeing or not agreeing would be bringing your opinion to my writing. Feel free to respond back after you’ve read the entire blog….. In the workplace,...
I have played this game with CEOs I’ve coached and it’s clearly not a game. It is an assessment of where you are now and how you might essentially reconstruct your future based on what is working and what is not working to get you to your goals. Simple and profound,...
Trustworthiness requires being willing and able to be vulnerable. A dictionary definition would say that vulnerability is being susceptible to physical or emotional injury. In this case, it means emotional injury — being "available" emotionally such that you care...
This question is for the senior executive team to ask themselves or an HR discussion with the executive team: "Are we tolerating less than ‘A’ player performance, perhaps by not clearly defining ‘A’ performance? Or by letting ‘B’ performers slide even with clear...
Seeking the truth. Finding the truth. Facing the truth. Communicating the truth. It takes an extraordinary commitment to the truth to seek it and frankly not everyone is interested. Some people like their own version of reality just fine, thank you. It’s hard to make...
Remember this premise from Jim Collins in his book Good to Great? “When we began the research project, we expected to find that the first step in taking a company from good to great would be to set a new direction, a new vision and strategy for the company, and then...
Would you admit to any of the litany of excuses for why you can’t get, find or employ ‘A’ Players in your organization? • Hope maybe Jack will improve over time. He just needs better (fill in the blank). • I don’t want to admit a mistake to my board. (Read I don’t...
As a facilitator of CEO business support groups, I held conversations with candidates for my groups to discern the likelihood that they would be good listeners. I distinctly remember one CEO who told me, “I take only my own counsel. No thank you.” I had had...