How does innovation occur in your organization?
Is it random? lucky? At the whim of the founder?
How much unscheduled time have you put in your schedule?
Does unscheduled time show up for you very often? You know, 2 hours with nothing to do and the freedom to do whatever you want. I’m guessing it doesn’t show up in your work hours and not during after hours, either. (Are there after hours anymore?)
Who vets your decisions?
When you have an important decision to make, do you make it by yourself?Do you talk to other people on your management team? Or,
If you were starting your business today, what would you do differently?
So many new businesses in old industries are successful because of the assumptions they disrupt: how we buy books (or anything), how we get from point A to point B,
How do you stay in the conversation when it gets tense?
So, the issue is critical, the relationship is important and you totally disagree. Now what? Having the conversational capacity and the tools to structure the discussion can create the opportunity to resolve difficult issues in new ways. In his book, Conversational Capacity, Craig Weber describes it as staying in the sweet spot where you are […]
Are you celebrating the good?
I hope this week of holidays brings you joy! The busyness of decorating the house with holiday traditions, buying presents, sending cards, calling friends and family, perhaps long drives to be with loved ones, too much or too little time with loved ones…it is all coming to a close. If this time is […]
Does who you are “being” speak so loudly I cannot hear what you are saying?
All of us have had the experience of meeting someone that we don’t like and not being able to explain exactly why we feel that way. In the U.S., we feel uneasy if the person doesn’t look you in the eyes, or speaks at you
Are you the last person to know what is happening at your organization?
Has this happened to you? Someone is stealing, or sleeping every day on the job or taking drugs at work, or… whatever, and people know. And, no one does anything about it, and
Are you a team or a family?
At the Vistage Executive Summit. Ben Casoncha challenged the attendees to ponder the agreement they make when they hire a new employee. With great enthusiasm, a new addition is welcomed to the organization and within a few hours,
What is your leadership code?
At the Los Angeles Vistage Executive Summit, we had a hugely inspirational talk about leadership from a High School Principal – Linda Cliatt-Wayman. She is the Principal for Strawberry