Breaking Down The Silo’s Extreme silos exist when everyone is doing ‘their own thing,’ not thinking about the ramifications of their actions and decisions to other departments, and eventually results in‘bottle-necks,’ conflicting agendas, mis-alignment and eventually failed opportunities and initiatives within a company. What you get is a scene from West Side Story where the […]
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Are you a leader-Leadership ‘Assess’ Yourself!
‘HONESTLY’ ASSESS YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS Are You Demonstrating the ‘Right’ Leadership? . . . Do Others Agree? Leadership Perception vs. Leadership Reality This ‘Leadership Focus’ deals with what I like to call ‘honest’ self-evaluation. If you’re like most, you interpret this to mean a truthful introspection of what you’re doing right and what you could […]
MAXIMIZING THE TEAM RELATIONSHIP: Part 2 of 5
Ensure your Team is ALWAYS aligned and Moving in the SAME direction! 100% of all team issues arise because there is a misalignment in some way shape and form. It can be something as simple as a breakdown in communication. Or as extreme as workplace conflict. In either case it is just as counterproductive and […]
Leadership Focus: The Importance Of Owning Our Mistakes
I don’t know about you but I have many, many priorities . . . and many, many people I’m personally responsible for. It’s not an excuse, it’s a fact. Keeping track of different emails and texts can be a challenge, especially if people have common names and common phone numbers. And in the spur of […]
Breaking Down The Silo’s
Extreme silos exist when everyone is doing ‘their own thing,’ not thinking about the ramifications of their actions and decisions to other departments, and eventually results in‘bottle-necks,’ conflicting agendas, mis-alignment and eventually failed opportunities and initiatives within a company. What you get is a scene from West Side Story where the Jets are versus the […]
‘Honestly’ Assess Your Leadership Skills.
Are You Demonstrating the ‘Right’ Leadership? . . . Do Others Agree? Leadership Perception vs. Leadership Reality This ‘Leadership Focus’ deals with what I like to call ‘honest’ self-evaluation. If you’re like most, you interpret this to mean a truthful introspection of what you’re doing right and what you could do better. And, by all […]
Work Then Life . . . Or is it, Life Then Work?
Realize, at the end of the day, we are all part of the human race. We are simply trying to ‘be valued, validated’ and provide for ourselves and our families. We are trying to sense a ‘higher purpose’ in all that we do. We are all trying to discover that when all is said and […]
How Strong is YOUR Emotional Intelligence?
The greatest leaders possess a very high level of emotional intelligence. Make sure you are clear on what that really means. What’s the Bottom Line for YOU? IF you possess ALL of the above qualities, consider yourself to be a Rock star! Keep it up and “spread the wealth!” If your Emotional Intelligence is lacking, […]
Where Do You Rank on the Leadership Ladder?
If you’re like most, you have seen numerous Leadership Ladders where management experts outline the desired progression of leadership skills. My SAOL (Strategic, Agile, Organizational, Leadership) Leadership Ladder is a little different. It’s rooted more in today’s workplace reality of stages where leadership may start out as nothing more than “title only.” We all know situations where the best and brightest […]