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Category Archives: Agility
How to Master Your #1 Priority as a New Leader
A new leadership role presents new opportunities as well as fresh challenges—whether it’s a promotion, shifting into a new department, taking on an existing team as their new boss, or even moving to a completely different organization. In the modern, fast-paced workplace, … Continue reading
Posted in Advancement, Agility, Career, Change, Collaboration, Competence, Creativity, Influence, Leadership, Learning, Management, Networking, Opportunity, Organizational Politics, Personal Growth, Personal Success, Productivity, Promotion, Success, Support, Uncategorized
Tagged Building Support, Collaboration, Collegiality, Influence, Leadership, Leadership Success, Leadership Transition, Networking, Personal Support, Power
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The 3 Selves—The Secret to Handling Stress, Challenges, Threats, and Growth
The volatility of our times is increasingly confronting the modern workforce with unprecedented challenges, change, and stress. Workers today are faced with the difficulty of performing adequately in their jobs while also forced to deal with added emotional pressures from … Continue reading
Posted in Advancement, Agility, Change, Change Management, Character, Collaboration, Competence, Conflict, Consideration, Control, Creativity, Credibility, Customer Service, Decision-making, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Failure, Humility, Learning, Morale, Neuroscience, Personal Growth, Personal Success, Point of View, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Resilience, Self-Awareness, Stress, Stress Management, Success, Uncategorized, Validation
Tagged Agility, Change, Change Management, Collaboration, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Flexibility, learning, personal growth, Self Improvement, Self Management, Self-awareness, Stress, Stress Management
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Why Smaller Goals Work
In the previous edition we taught you about the power of small goals and how they can really help when your team is feeling overwhelmed. As it happens, there is real, solid neuroscience behind this concept. In his thought-provoking book, … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Competence, Conflict, Decision-making, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Management, Morale, Neuroscience, Performance Management, Personal Growth, Personal Success, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Self-Awareness, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Leadership, Management, Neuroscience, Performance Management, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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Building a Confident Team
One thing I have learned (and seen up close!) is that there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance! How do you avoid the odious sham of arrogance and in its place, develop actual, genuine CONFIDENCE—for yourself, and especially, … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Change, Change Management, Collaboration, Competence, Creativity, Credibility, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Employee Retention, Encouragement, Failure, Innovation, Integrity, Leadership, Learning, Management, Mistakes, Morale, Resilience, Risk, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Trust, Uncategorized
Tagged Accountability, Collaboration, Failure, Initiative, Leadership, learning, Management, Mistakes, Resilience, Risk, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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Doer / Manager / Leader – 3 ROLES, 3 Levels, 3 Stages – Part 1.
Which one of these are YOU? How you answer the question depends on how you are using or understanding these terms. Each of these three designations can describe… A role you fill in the organization where you work A position … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Authority, Career, Change, Change Management, Collaboration, Competence, Control, Creativity, Deadlines, Decision-making, Employee Development, Hiring, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Performance Management, Personal Growth, Personal Success, Potential, Power, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Professional Development, Promotion, Self-Awareness, Staffing, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Vision, Work
Tagged Authority, Change, Change Management, Delegation, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Power, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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Practice SHOSHIN
This is a Japanese phrase meaning “beginner’s mind.” I’ll let Buddhist scholar Shunryu Suzuki explain this concept: This does not mean a closed mind, but actually an empty mind and a ready mind. If your mind is empty, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Collaboration, Creativity, Decision-making, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Learning, Management, Organizational Politics, Organizations, Personal Success, Planning, Point of View, Problem-Solving, Self-Awareness, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized
Tagged Change, Change Management, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Decision-making, Employee Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Problem-Solving, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams
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Practice NEMOASHI
“Nemoashi” is a Japanese concept that has direct application in American business culture. It means respect for individuals and the power of consensus building. In application, it boils down to a simple political rule of thumb: Never present something to … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Consensus, Creativity, Decision-making, Events, Feedback, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Organizational Politics, Organizations, Personal Success, Problem-Solving, Support, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Teams, Uncategorized
Tagged Building Support, Collaboration, Consensus Building, Decision-making, Influence, Leadership, Management, Organizational Politics, Persuasion, Planning, Problem-Solving, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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5 Questions Everyone in the Workplace Wants Answered – #4
The first question is the most important and fundamental: WHAT’S MY JOB? The second question follows the first: HOW WELL AM I DOING IT? The third question is more profound: WHAT AM I PART OF? The fourth question is about … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Creativity, Customer Service, Decision Making, Decision-making, Employee Engagement, Employee Motivation, Leadership, Management, Morale, Organizations, Performance Management, Planning, Problem-Solving, Productivity, Success, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Values, Vision, Work
Tagged Decision-making, Employee Engagement, Evaluation, Leadership, Management, Performance Management, Planning, Problem-Solving, Supervision, Team Culture, Team Dynamics, Team Leadership, team performance, Teams
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If you stop drawing from the Well of Creativity, it will dry up!
This post is a bittersweet tribute of sorts – advice from Dr. Orval Butcher, a former boss of mine who became a friend, advisor, mentor, and spiritual touchstone. A few years ago, I had the privilege of saying goodbye to … Continue reading
Have a Plan
I was reminded of this sage advice while reading a recent article in Harvard Business Review about James Rogers’ experience interviewing for the job of CEO of Public Service Indiana (now Duke Energy), which had just taken a $2.7 billion … Continue reading
Posted in Agility, Collaboration, Communication, Competence, Decision-making, Events, Influence, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Organizations, Personal Success, Planning, Problem-Solving, Success, Uncategorized, Vision, Work
Tagged Decision-making, Persuasion, Planning, Problem-Solving, Strategic Thinking
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