Have you established a written Code of Conduct in your organization? O ur prescriptions for acceptable behavior are too vague. Get started now to spell it out more clearly to avoid that potentially colossal screwup. Have you heard this phrase before? “Conduct unbecoming” You may have heard this phrase from…
There's nothing more important ... or more challenging ... than the need to balance short-term results with long-range plans. H ow is your organization focused? Are you encouraging long-range thinking or only what happens this week? Do you have the Attention Span of a Mosquito? How often are you distracted…
Hope isn't a strategy. Action IS! For most of us, Spring is the time of the year when hope springs eternal. The sun is out ... the flowers are blooming ... and this year it seems we're finally emerging from the worst pandemic in our lifetimes. But maybe your initiatives…
Resourcefulness has nothing to do with access to resources. W e have more resources than ever before. That’s not what makes us resourceful. Early this morning, I headed to a favorite place just down the street to bring home a couple of lattes for my wife and me. I think…
We’d like to think that its technology that has become our enemy and is the cause of the distractions and our struggles to get things done.
PREPARE to Win … or get ready to get your butt kicked! In our travels, we’ve seen plenty of obstacles to success, from making the tough decisions to staying focused on execution. As if all that isn’t enough, there are still a few more barricades around the corner. Lack of preparation…
One of the most pervasive challenges that arises in my coaching sessions with CEOs and other business executives is the struggle to make the tough decisions. I t's a deadly disease that cripples personal productivity. It’s usually a decision that’s already been resolved — silently, often deep in the psyche…
Your Decision-Making Style will determine a lot about the success of your decisions. Are you able to make the tough calls when you need to?In an episode of Black Sails, a compelling saga about the Golden Age of Piracy in the early 1700s (S3/E3), the feared Captain Flint was piloting a…
In an interview several years ago, William Green, the former CEO of Accenture, a Global 500 firm with current revenues in excess of $44 billion, recounted a 3-day training session for new managers in which they were told 68 things that were required to be successful. When Green got up to close…