Living Courageously
If you want your people to live the values, live them yourself!
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Every modern organization has cultural values that outline the type of culture and behaviors the CEO and his or her senior executives want to drive in their organization.
The CEO and senior team are…
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Have you ever attended a really powerful and great strategic planning meeting at work where at the end of the meeting you felt truly excited, inspired and hopeful about the new future direction? But then…
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Whenever you take on a major improvement, breakthrough or transformation in your team or company, it is inevitable that along the way you will have successes and setbacks.
The bigger you play, the…
Stop focusing on lagging indicators!
I was supporting a technology company that was going through tremendous growth and change. They had ripped apart and restructured their entire business and they were working very hard on integrating the…
Are you willing to go beyond your comfort zone for the good of the team?
I cannot tell you just how many times I have witnessed the following dynamic in organizations: Managers and employees sit around a meeting table, nodding in agreement as their leader explains the plan…
Why is the why so important?
I was working with a team inside of a large technology company that was going through a lot of organizational change. In fact, for the previous three years or so every year they had another big leadership…
Be careful what you wish for…
A wise man once told me that there are two things that make people upset – when they don’t get what they want and when they do get what they want.
Here are two real stories…
I was invited to help…
Stop using the “S” word!
If I'd received a dollar every time I heard someone say "We should do X…” or “We should stop doing Y…” I would be very rich!
And, if I received a dollar every time the person saying “We…
Are your leaders all in?
Building a high-performance culture in an organization is a daunting undertaking. Anyone who has taken on such a commitment on would attest to that fact.
You are never going to get it perfectly right.…
Don’t overlook the power of authentic conversations
I was participating in a meeting of the senior leadership team of a leading technology company. The leaders were discussing important strategic and operational topics that are critical to the future of…
Don’t forget to enjoy the journey toward your destination
I was coaching a senior executive who was not demonstrating the leadership that he had wanted and that people expected of him in his senior position. During our session, he shared his disappointment and…
Are you owning your personal power?
I was working with a senior leadership team of a successful technology company that was dealing with great change as a result of changes in their market and the way their customers wanted to partner with…