Everyone agrees that innovation is the magical key to the future, a strategic activity that cannot be ignored. A major topic of CEOs and MBA programs world-wide. The biggest obstacle to innovation in any organization has absolutely nothing to do with innovation. The biggest obstacle is that very few organizations create the strategic group culture…
The biggest challenge for most people when delegating to others is that they don’t trust their subordinates on a fundamental level. The inability to delegate is not a leadership problem, it is actually only a symptom of a larger leadership problem: the absence of trust and confidence. Who is responsible for building that trust? If…
There are basically two kinds of people who get involved in unethical actions in business. In one case, they are proactive and premeditated in their actions. In the other case, it just sorta happens.
Leaders must protect the most important asset generated by healthy organizational cultures: Trust. It is through the process of good culture that leaders earn trust of their subordinates. Leaders who ignore that lesson destroy corporate value.
Instead of arguing about leadership and management, agree on operational definitions that segment the problems and steer the conversation toward solutions. In a simplistic way: Managers protect resources. Leaders protect culture. Excerpt from “6 Rabbit Holes of Leadership” Available on Amazon Kindle
There is a huge difference between leaders and managers. Never sell managers short, they are the stewards of resources. Their problems will cost you money Leaders are the stewards of culture. If the organizational culture is toxic, it is the fault of the leaders. Their problems will cost you your whole organization. …
<tap> <tap> CEOs <tap> <tap> Are you out there? Anybody? <tap> <tap> COOs? CFOs? <tap> <tap> Is this thing on? I really want to be that motivator guy. You know, the guy that runs around and pumps everyone up. I want to throw those pithy motivational quotes that seem deep and meaningful, but also contradict…
It costs you nothing to be a good boss. If you can earn one dollar extra by being a good boss, the return on that investment (ROI) is infinite.
I had a podcast interview with Jonathan Pritchard over at A Life Well Designed. Jonathan uses design principles to analyze challenges in life and business, then applies design techniques to find elegant, effective solutions. (For some reason I had a tough time enunciating, but I hope the messages were clear.) I enjoyed the interview immensely,…
When you are in a position of authority, what is the best use of your time? How do you get more leadership bang for the buck? One of my leadership principles is to create a healthy organizational culture. I think the best way to convey the message is to cultivate cooperation from people instead of…