It’s easy to say, “Keep the commitments you make.” The statement has obvious value and seems like a no brainer. Sometimes it’s the HOW to manage those commitments to make sure none of the balls we throw into the air get dropped that’s the more valuable information. With that in mind, I thought I’d share some things that have worked well for me…. Read More»
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Clinton is a synthesiser of musical genres, bending, breaking and sometimes smashing musical conventions as to what fits in to a particular genre of music. He loved The Beatles Sargent Pepper and could not see why this could not be fitted into soul and funk music. He loved Jimi Hendrix’s wild guitar playing and could not see why this should not be included into his music and so on. Unlike so many musicians that sit inside a genre, Clinton has been a fearless boundary crosser…. Read More»
At Lesson.ly, we believe that unlocking the potential of your employees is a multi-faceted endeavor, but keeping employee connection at the center will help your organization achieve similar results to those above. For the onboarding and training facets of your strategy, consider implementing some of these tactics to turn from cold, stale, corporate blah, to white-hot, self-propelling relationships between your team members…. Read More»
When I was an “on-air talent” on an NBC show, one of the first things they tested before I was hired was my likeability, what the TV industry and others dub the “Q” factor. Even though I tested high on that range I was keenly aware that it mattered more than my journalism experience, smarts, willingness to work hard or aptitude for this job. In fact, I believed that at least three other candidates were better qualified. Others call this effect the Mitt Romney mistake…. Read More»
The rules of engagement become the rebar in the concrete for this human foundation. When an individual is put under stress you can reduce the chance of fractures to the organization by integrating these rules of engagement as added support for the human concrete of your organization.
In my experiences I have found three rules of engagement that work together to help put a strong foundation in place…. Read More»
In this, the Transformation Decade of 2010-2020, it is also the decade of the collapse of legacy thinking; thinking from the past that is no longer accurate or relevant. This means that the decade 2010-2020 is the first decade of 21st century thought. So, as a leader of humans who are all going through this time of transformative change, are you a 21st century leader? Are you leading with vision or using and out of date strategy road map?… Read More»
Failure is often seen as the opposite of success, as a culmination of bad decisions or choices. In business, this could mean missing sales quota, missing project delivery dates, or simply missing company objectives. On a much larger scale this can look like a full-scale business failure, layoffs, or bankruptcy. So why is failure important?… Read More»
More and more offices exist at the corner, situated in the messy confluences of cultures and technologies and in the borderlands of traditional disciplines. As a millennial leader myself, I see the ways our generation’s coming of age in the workforce has primed us to lead from these spaces, to support a more inclusive and empathetic framework, and, ultimately, to embrace failure as an inevitable process towards achievement…. Read More»
While there are clearly situations that call for complete change where trade-offs do apply, there are also times where the wisdom of “both-and” is much more applicable. “Both-and” in a sense that current qualities or aspects of an organization are not lost in order to gain something new. Instead, current and new conditions are both brought forward and the positive effect more often then not can be exponential…. Read More»
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