Doing More For Less (of us) Getting the most out of people is not a bad thing but in the extreme it translates into squeezing the life out of them. As Deming exclaimed, “beat horses and they will run faster—for a while.” Doing more with less implies squeezing more and more out of people until [...]
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Parasite Or Partner
Posted in Economy, Leadership, Morality/Ethics, partnership, Quality, tagged Business of business, Critical Thinking, Economy, human spirit, Leadership, Moral Values, partnership, Progress, Quality, relationships, Systems Thinking on May 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Resonant Leaders Require Positive Energy
Posted in Leadership, partnership, Relationships, tagged Culture, Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, Moral Values, partnership, Progress, Quality, relationships on April 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Richard Boyatzis of Case Western Reserve, in HRB Blog Network, spoke to the need for teams to have what he calls resonant leaders. Richard states such leaders “are able to build trusting, engaged and energizing relationships with others around them” and as a result the team is able to “adapt, innovate and sustain performance. “ [...]
Facilitate Performance, Don’t Appraise It
Posted in Leadership, Management, partnership, Progress, Quality, tagged Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, organizational design, partnership, Progress, Quality, relationships, Systems Thinking on March 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Ah the annual performance appraisal! Let’s deconstruct this. Annual means every year. Performance means accomplishment. Appraisal means offering a judgment on the value of something or someone. So the annual performance appraisal is a yearly judgment of another person’s value to the organization.
Performance Appraisal: Pathway to Mistrust
Posted in Leadership, Management, partnership, Quality, Relationships, tagged Culture, Decision-making, human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, organizational design, partnership, Progress, Quality, relationships, Systems Thinking on February 4, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Robert Galford’s HBR Blog Network article, “How to keep your cool during a performance review” suggest there is a widespread abhorrence and likely fear of the annual performance review. To make what is often a not-so-good experience better Robert offers four tactics: relax; prepare yourself to hear one or more unexpected ‘somethings’; if you don’t [...]
Retaining Talent
Posted in Leadership, Management, partnership, Quality, Relationships, tagged Development of Self, human spirit, Leadership, management, organizational design, partnership, Progress, Quality, relationships, Systems Thinking on January 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
In a Forbes.com article Eric Jackson presented the following top ten reasons why large companies fail to keep their best talent.
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #28
Posted in Leadership, partnership, tagged Leadership, management, partnership, relationships on August 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a New York Times interview, Kenny Chesney, the country music singer, offers a glimpse of his approach to managing. Although Kenny Chesney Inc. employs about 150 people, 120 of which are on the road with him everyday, the insights we can gain from his way of thinking about managing/leading apply to any size organization.
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #21
Posted in Leadership, partnership, tagged Critical Thinking, Leadership, Learning, Progress, relationships on January 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An interview with Gregory B. Maffei, president and chief executive of Liberty Media , revealed an essential capability for leaders interested in enhancing their organization’s adaptability and in turn improving its viability. In a word such leaders need to be facilitators. That is to say leaders must facilitate learning by encouraging critical and creative thinking [...]
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #20
Posted in Leadership, partnership, tagged human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, partnership, relationships on December 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent interview Bob Brennan, president and CEO of Iron Mountain, said “businesses are going through this transformation where command-and-control leadership is dead.”
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #15
Posted in Leadership, partnership, Relationships, tagged human spirit, Leadership, Learning, management, partnership, relationships on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Anne Berkowitch, the co-founder and CEO of SelectMinds, shares her view of keys to effective leadership in an interview with Adam Bryant of the New York Times. Anne states “it’s really about being able to bring together a group of people, get the best out of them and get them wanting to work as a [...]
Hidden Lessons in Leadership #14
Posted in Leadership, partnership, Relationships, tagged Development of Self, Leadership, management, partnership, relationships on August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The chairman and chief executive of Cardinal Health, George Barrett, shared his experiences and perspective on leadership in a recent interview with Adam Bryant of the New York Times. Throughout the interview, in speaking about his experiences and the leadership lessons he learned, George Barrett framed leadership not as a position or skills but as [...]
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