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Four Critical Skills - Click To Read Article
There are four essential skills every leader must hone to become a brilliant leader. Listening. Storytelling. Acknowledging contribution. Negotiation.
You cannot be good enough at these four skills - so every chance you get, practice!
Building a Leadership Team - Part 3 - Click To Read Article
Talent is necessary for building a winning leadership team, but talent is not sufficient. You can recruit the very best in every functional area of responsibility in your organization, but unless they work well together, you will fail to create sustainable value. And in a competitive environment, you will lose to teams with far less talent if they work well together but you don’t. There is a tongue in cheek axiom that comes as a corollary to this – “I’d rather be lucky than good.” If you believe in blind luck, go with God and stop reading. If you believe we make our own luck, I’d like to share three principles for creating a great leadership team and some practical insights into each: agreement on the mission, clear communication, and balance.
Part 3 = Balance
Empirical Skepticism - Click To Read Article
Empirical skepticism is a foundation for great leadership. We must deliberately suspend judgment and be willing to live in doubt for while, in order to allow assumptions to be sorted from facts and to keep irrelevant facts from clouding our judgment. This practice of empirical skepticism ensures that open and challenging questions help our teams anticipate opportunity and assess risk more accurately.
Book Review - A Whole New Mind by Dan Pink - Click To Read Article
This is a great book for leaders to read, digest, and start working on with their teams. Left brain prowess is no longer enough - you need to also sharpen your right brain!
Building a Leadership Team - Part 2 - Click To Read Article
Talent is necessary for building a winning leadership team, but talent is not sufficient. You can recruit the very best in every functional area of responsibility in your organization, but unless they work well together, you will fail to create sustainable value. And in a competitive environment, you will lose to teams with far less talent if they work well together but you don’t. There is a tongue in cheek axiom that comes as a corollary to this – “I’d rather be lucky than good.” If you believe in blind luck, go with God and stop reading. If you believe we make our own luck, I’d like to share three principles for creating a great leadership team and some practical insights into each: agreement on the mission, clear communication, and balance.
Part 2 = Clear Communication
Building a Leadership Team - Part 1 - Click To Read Article
Talent is necessary for building a winning leadership team, but talent is not sufficient. You can recruit the very best in every functional area of responsibility in your organization, but unless they work well together, you will fail to create sustainable value. And in a competitive environment, you will lose to teams with far less talent if they work well together but you don’t. There is a tongue in cheek axiom that comes as a corollary to this – “I’d rather be lucky than good.” If you believe in blind luck, go with God and stop reading. If you believe we make our own luck, I’d like to share three principles for creating a great leadership team and some practical insights into each: agreement on the mission, clear communication, and balance.
Pat1 = Agreement on the mission.
Are You Listening? - Click To Read Article
The act of listening is probably the most powerful tool you have as a leader. The act of listening is carefully paying attention to sounds, not just to words. It doesn’t take much to practice this. If you start now, in a few weeks you will be a more skilled listener than the majority of people on the planet. Keep practicing and people will notice. Soon you will be a more effective leader. Are you listening?
Courage in the face of fear - Click To Read Article
Great leaders often must stand their ground under fire. So how do you know when you are standing your ground for the right reasons and not just stubbornly waging an ego battle?
Leadership Coaching Overview - Click To Read Article
What is leadership coaching? When do you hire a coach? How does it work? Some guidelines to consider when hiring a leadership coach.
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