Posts Tagged ‘collaboration’
I’M SEEKING 10 BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE TIRED OF PRETENDING THINGS ARE “FINE.”
I’m seeking 10 business owners who are tired of pretending things are “fine.” It is a common situation. More than one might think. Not always from the same cause, but for the same reason. For example: • The company is successful, but you are frustrated at the slowness or lack of growth. • The company…
Read MoreThe Unappreciated Leadership Trait That Powers All The Rest
As part of a research project I compiled the “best” leadership traits from over 100 sources, including several that aggregated their information from other sources. The total list comprised 237 different attributes. The most frequently listed attributes were expected. They were: Communication Decisiveness Honesty Integrity Confidence However what was a surprise (at least to me)…
Read MoreSuper Hero or Super Team
One of my clients had a short-term opportunity in his line of business as a result of external forces (think demand for gas generators and bottled water after a hurricane). And they jumped on it to take full advantage. They worked all weekend to get the extra product and then had a long week fulfilling…
Read More8 Tips For Productive Offsites
Many organizations have now entered the fourth quarter, the home stretch. But it is also time to begin hard planning for 2017 – and that makes it offsite season. Here are a few tips to help your meetings be most productive. Have the offsite “offsite.” This seems obvious, but it is worth pointing out that…
Read MoreUpping CEO Delegation
Are you a good delegator? Delegation is among the most important things in a leader’s team toolkit. Delegation grows leaders and builds teams. Leaders delegate to their teams in three broad progressive levels – tasks, responsibilities, and outcomes. Tasks are a specific goal. Like “generate $2 million in sales”. Or “deliver product Y by the…
Read MorePassive Aggressive Language: 5 Ways to Say (or Hear) “No”
Will you guarantee its success? (as though you could guarantee success in anything) Will you take personal responsibility for its success? (as though you were not personally responsible for anything else you do) Will you give me daily updates on its progress? (so frequent and detailed you won’t have time to get anything…
Read MoreAn Exercise in Collaboration
Here is an exercise I use to measure the degree of collaboration that exists within a leadership team when I join a new company. I call an executive planning session. I ask each executive to identify the top three things they think we need to work on in the coming year, ( before the meeting).…
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