Performance. Accountability. Terms used often in organizations and yet our actions as leaders send a message that our job is to fix people. A leaders job is to care for people and give them an opportunity to join the discussion.
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Stress and Leadership – Measuring the impact on self, what about others?
Leaders can handle lots of stress. Can their marriages? How about their teams? This post offers a perspective on leadership and stress that you might not have thought about.
Managing Others – Help them Find, Then they will Finish
As leaders, are we really in charge of what our people finish. Does the accountability discussion start with a question or a statement? Help people find a few key things, and they will finish.
Developing People = Crockpot Cooking, not a microwave
Helping people define a future place/role they aspire to is challenging because the outcome takes time. Tyranny of the urgent makes these conversations hare, even though the questions to answer are simple. It takes great leadership and great followership to make these conversations and the outcomes happen.
The 5 Levels of Followership
Is it wrong to talk about great followership? We talk about great leadership. Here are five levels of followership that make people think and will drive the question to leaders “So what do you think.”
Leadership from #Ford: Remember your roots . . Look to the future
The Ford Rouge facility is a great example of how history should be used when talking about the present and future, but it should not control it. Great tour – but there are greater leadership lessons to be learned there beyond how to make a car.
Rotten Apple or Rotten Barrel?
So is the person failing because they are a rotten apple or are they in a rotten barrel? A question worth asking and some perspective on how it can be a powerful question for both leaders and followers.
Lessons in Leadership: Chris Ilitch
So what has made Little Ceasars successful? Here from the words of Chris Ilitch.
Don’t Be Mean – Part Two . . the 5 step solution for leaders
In part one I labelled an unsupported leadership transition as MEAN. This is the second post where I outline some simple things a leader can do to lower the chance of failure for a new leader to their team. This is a guest post on Mary Jo Asmus’ site, an excellent coach and a friend.
Don’t Be Mean – Part One
What is the cost of a figure it out development plan for new leaders? There is research that suggests a 40% failure rate in leadership transitions and the costs are high and understood. But there is also a real cost to the individual. I would also argue that with all this knowledge, it MEAN. Here is the first part of my argument.
Resilience – What we can learn from the military
Resiliency is a relevant topic for this business environment. It is even more relevant for our soldiers. Here is a quick summary of what the HBR article it was from says and how we might use the information today. Notice the awareness of self piece. It is always there . . . .
To Know Yourself – Know your Art
Seth Godin talks about people as artists and their work as art. Think about the artists you work with and what they produce. What is your art?