Removing Obstacles to Success
May 29, 8:39 am
Best-selling business author Robert Heller has a great article on Leadership Strategy at Management-Issues.com on how leaders can get stuck in a rut. As Heller implies, and I wholeheartedly agree, when it comes to the way we operate at work, most of us would benefit by rethinking our critical thinking.
Heller talks about getting too comfortable […]
May 22, 6:01 am
When conversations come around to “what’s needed for an excellent workplace?”, the answer could fill a library. Most of us don’t have time to read hundreds of books, so to make things easier, I’ve put together my “Ten Universal Principles of the Workplace.” It’s easy to print off and hang in a cube, post by the […]
May 16, 4:42 am
Here are four tips I think every leadership team needs to be aware of:
1. Follow the advice of Good to Great author Jim Collins and get the right people on the bus. Be willing to let go those who aren’t buying-in or don’t show a passion for the company vision. I like the ‘bus’ analogy. […]
May 14, 5:37 am
Recently I was asked to read a new book by Gary Harpst, titled Six Disciplines for Excellence: Building Small Businesses That Learn, Lead and Last. But before I comment on the book, I probably ought to provide a brief overview of my background for those unfamiliar with my work so that people realize why I […]
May 10, 5:30 am
Here’s a phrase heard in just about every organization: “Our communication needs to improve.” Although this phrase rings with truth, it’s about as useful as standing in the rain saying, “Our clothes are getting wet.” General statements of the obvious don’t solve problems.
My gripe with the instruction to “improve communication” is that it’s too broad. […]
May 8, 12:39 pm
Most people hate meetings. And for good reason — most people have never been taught how meetings work best. Why should meetings occur? What should be their end result? So many people get frustrated about meetings that Patrick Lencioni penned a best-selling book, Death by Meeting (which I highly recommend).
I’m not going to summarize his […]
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