Changing your leadership style and mindset to be more of a “coach” means investing more of your time with your employees. That is a challenge for just about all of us. With increasing workloads and limited resources, how can you justify the investment? For me, I think it goes back to my personal experience as an employee on one rung … Read More
Two executive coaching clients of mine were both struggling with developing high performing teams, for different reasons…or so they thought. One was relatively new to leadership and the other led for over two decades. But both couldn’t get their teams into high gear – or maybe I should say out of first gear – and we developed action plans unique … Read More
One of the most important principals for success of leadership in any organization is clarity of one’s vision for the enterprise, how to bring it to life for your employees and what part they play in that journey. This post is not really about the process of creating a Vision Statement, because I assume you have already done that. This … Read More
Many organizations fail at change management. Why? The four principle reasons why the old change management model fails more often than it succeeds: The few decide for the many Solutions first, people second Fear builds urgency Inequality is the norm My favorite book on change management is Terms of Engagement by Richard H. Axelrod; he lays out a new model, … Read More
The secret to delegating effectively lies in four components, each of which must be fulfilled to have successful outcomes. For today’s leader, delegating is crucial to expanding your reach and meeting the huge demands on your time. Success will remain elusive if you don’t understand the art and science of delegation. This post is more on the science: You must … Read More
