Leaders have to be empathetic, and unfortunately there is not a metric on empathy which makes it elusive and often ignored. That is until the feedback comes by key people leaving or they do not care about me/us. Empathy can be developed, and here are three things any leader can do to develop it. Great conversations start with a question, and empathy requires some great conversations.
The entrepreneurial mindset is coveted by organizations today, and is the only reason that small organizations grow through all the barriers to success. Another way to phrase it (thanks to the research of Carol Dweck) is growth mindset. What does it look like and do you have it?
A key part of implementing the Values you create in the EOS process is writing the speech. Here is a template for taking the values you brainstorm and boiling it down to a speech that you can use as leaders to cascade the values throughout your organization. This is...
One of the most powerful tools in supporting leaders implementing EOS is the LMA checklist. In it, we empower leaders to gather feedback from their team. This is a template I created to help leaders gather and process the feedback to become healthy and smart, both as...