The Opportunity Smart leaders will use the corona virus as an opportunity to improve how employees work together and interact. By identifying and practicing new disciplines we can improve how we work together remotely. The skills we learn will also improve …
Powerful questions can accelerate group coherence and amplify group performance. By connecting with, and sharing highpoint moments from the past people can see and experience the best in one another. For example we can reflect on the following question: …
Calling (also mission or purpose) along with Character makes up the Core for an individual, group, organization, or system. When centered we are aligned with and act from our core. Calling is the deepest source of purpose and motivation for …
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Coordination is our fourth Leadership Competency. Coordination includes the practices, structures, processes and systems that enable us to work together. Henry Ford coordinated action through an assembly line. Our traditional way of coordinating people and technology is top down. Such “power …
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Centeredness is our third Leadership Competency. Centeredness is a macro competency which amplifies/enables the other three competencies of character, calling, and coordination. In this context centeredness could be termed centered awareness in that it’s a state where the mind, emotions and …
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Character (Values) along with Calling makes up the core for an individual, group, organization, or system. When centered we align with and act from our core. What is it? Character is the starting point and at the core of leadership. …
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Almost everyone complains of wasting time in meetings. And as the evidence in the Wisdom of Crowds demonstrates there is great potential in collective intelligence. Yet without the right structures and social dynamics meetings produce negative synergy. Well-executed meetings on the other hand …
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When you engage the 4C x 4D model to practice Leadership Excellence you will progressively sense and seize opportunities, manage threats, and flourish amid complexity, change, and risk. Leadership Excellence = 4 Competencies x 4 DimensionMastering the 4 Competencies requires a growth …
Are You Wasting your Time or Investing Your Energy? I read an interesting article today 15 Time Wasters That Successful People Avoid. The article named the top time-wasting industries; #5- software and internet with 2.2 hours wasted each day, #1 …
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One December I was working in London. A week into my project for Eurotunnel all the trains in the city were seriously late. British Rail blamed the delays on “the wrong kind of snow.” The next month I was in …
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