Built upon humility and valuing others, it is a subset of servant leadership. Too often, leaders think that they are responsible for making most, if not every, decision in their organizations. Perhaps their ability to make good decisions has...
Read moreA Coaching Culture: What It Takes, Why It’s Important
Today’s workers often base their job satisfaction on three major factors: Purpose – they want to know how they contribute to society. Partnership – they want connections with the people around them and with the organization. Plan for development...
Read moreStrategic Focus
Strategic planning has many purposes. It provides the opportunity and impetus to examine your market environment, your customers, and your competitors and to think about the past and the future in each of these areas. Strategic planning provides...
Read moreWhat Is Organizational Culture?
We have all most likely heard of organizational culture. Often called company culture or corporate culture, depending on the type of organization to which we refer, culture can be considered as the environment within the organization...
Read moreFear of Conflict
As a leader, it is often necessary to lean into conflict. This conflict might be based on some disagreement that someone has with us or it might be a conflict between two team members. There is great value in having divergent views and seeking...
Read moreThe Secret to the Best Creative Workplaces
“You should feel like yourself at work, not a worker.” So says Becky Bermont of the design firm, IDEO, in a recent article posted on Quartz Ideas. Developing and sustaining a culture of creativity, important to a design firm, but increasingly...
Read moreDisagreement vs. Conflict
Call it what you will – discussion, debate, disagreement, argument, conflict, confrontation – as a leader you face the task of keeping these encounters productive for the organization and preventing them from becoming debilitating. To gain the...
Read more“The Power of Vulnerability” by Kaplan and Manchester
Many organizations do not achieve their true potential because they leave much of their power on the table. Organizations often have a culture that prevents people from bringing their full potential to the organization. While an organization...
Read moreCulture Trumps Strategy
Business guru Peter Drucker once said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast!” By this he did not mean that strategy was unimportant but, rather, that culture is a more important determinant of the success of a company than strategy. Culture is...
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