May 29 2013
Leaders, Is This Change Necessary? Stop the madness! I logged into LinkedIn the other day and surprise, the page had changed. Not a lot, but enough that I couldn’t find what I was looking for. The same thing happened recently to the internet browser I use. Someone thought it was necessary to move …
May 22 2013
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Send to Kindle What To Do When the Change Really Was Wrong I thought it was a brilliant idea, I’d weighed all the options, considered possible consequences, and examined the impact the change would have on the organization. Everything looked good. So I implemented the change and sat back to watch the amazing, positive transformation …
May 15 2013
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Send to Kindle Dealing With Naysayers While Implementing Change One of the hardest parts of the change process is dealing with naysayers. No matter how logical an idea might seem to you the leader, someone will not agree and may actively work against you. How do you deal with that? Like so many other parts …
May 13 2013
Turn The Ship Around – A Review The military is a terrific leadership development environment. I firmly believe that our armed forces produce the best leaders of any organization anywhere. That doesn’t mean all military units are blessed with outstanding leadership and unfortunately, the military has its share of leadership failures as well. …
May 08 2013
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Send to Kindle How to Implement Change You Don’t Agree With No matter where you are in the leadership hierarchy, at some point you will have to implement a change that you aren’t 100% in favor of. Many leaders are taught that the best way to do that is embrace the change and present it …
May 01 2013
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Too Much, Too Fast: How Leaders Should Pace Themselves When Implementing Change You won’t be in the leadership seat very long before you find yourself wanting to make changes in the organization. That’s natural and good. Constant improvement is important. Be careful though. Too much change too fast can be worse than no …
Apr 24 2013
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Strategic Planning: What To Do When Crises Hits “There’s just no sense in detailed planning because today’s world moves much too fast.” I hear versions of this mantra more and more lately. Granted, there’s a grain of truth here; the world is moving very fast. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t plan. Most of …
Apr 17 2013
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The Most Important Parts of Strategic Planning As I refined the strategic planning model I use today, I winnowed out steps I found so long and cumbersome that they detracted from actually completing a plan which organizations really need. So, everything that’s left is critical to accomplishing a strategic plan. But, there are …
Apr 10 2013
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How Leaders Should Use A Strategic Plan To understand how leadership should use the strategic plan, let’s look at a few things the plan is not. A strategic plan is not a marketing plan. It is the foundation for a marketing plan. How can you create a marketing plan if you don’t know …
Apr 08 2013
Advice for Aspiring Leaders I was asked once what advice I would offer to young people pursuing a career that involved leading. I would tell them pretty much the same thing I tell anyone already in leadership positions. The advantage would be the potential to avoid developing bad habits. Leading other human beings …
