Tag Archives: flexibility
Persist or Pivot? 8 Questions to Determine How to Move Your Plan Forward
June 26, 2018 | | Leave a comment
Planning is a cornerstone of leadership and a foundational competency required for success in today’s complex and uncertain business environment. Love it or hate it (and plenty of managers and supervisors do hate it), planning is a non-negotiable priority for anyone responsible for driving results. Yet, this key activity that ensures alignment, appropriate resource allocation, risk mitigation and organizational support is fraught with challenges. Field research over the past two years highlights the most persistent planning problems facing leaders. Propensity for action A natural bias for action on the part of many leaders teamed with a time-starved workplace conspire to …
Posted in Leadership Matters
Tagged action, alignment, flexibility, persist, pivot, planning, process
The Magic of Making an Effort
Just over a year ago I gave a keynote speech at a conference in Russia. I worked diligently to master a few key phrases. But, between having no natural capacity for foreign languages and not hearing much Russian in my day-to-day life, the result was dreadful. I actually might have insulted their mothers as I greeted the audience; but they smiled and clapped enthusiastically. Throughout the conference, I tried out my slow and very clunky greetings. It was uncomfortable for me and probably sounded like nails on a chalkboard to those with whom I spoke. Yet, even my worst attempts …
Posted in Leadership Matters, Learning Matters
Tagged demonstrated effort, effort, flexibility, perfection, stretch assignments
Preview the Book
Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go
When you help employees grow….engagement, retention, productivity, and business results will grow as well.
Recent Blog Posts
