Leadership
How Do We Sustain the Intended Power of Working Agreements?
Previously, this series addressed two ideas regarding Working Agreements – how to establish them and how to breathe life into existing ones. This article will focus on maintaining and sustaining the intended power of Working Agreements. As stated earlier, Working Agreements will stick ONLY if the group commits to practicing them over time. This is…
Read MoreHow Do We Breathe Life Into Existing Working Agreements?
While the first article in this series focused on the establishment of Working Agreements, this article speaks to breathing life into existing Working Agreements. Frequently, you tell us, “We have Working Agreements and no one pays attention to them!” So, what’s this about? Upon deeper reflection, it always comes down to one thing – failure…
Read MoreHow Do We Create High-Performing Teams?
With today’s standard of accomplishing our work with others, increased collaboration and higher expectations for team success are the norm. And, one thing we’ve learned for sure, is that many teams are operating without agreements about how they will work together to navigate the high demands required in today’s work environment. The Working Agreements of…
Read MoreHow to Support People to Excel
If we continue to spend our time identifying what people are not doing and giving people feedback (advice) about how to be better, we’ll languish in the business of adequacy. To get into the excellence business we need some new techniques: Look for the outcomes; what people are doing that is working. Replay your instinctive…
Read MoreGive Advice = Change Today/Avoid Advice = Grow the Future
You remember last month one of the aspects that Karen Anderson lifted up in her article was about easy change and hard change. You were reminded of our Powerful Coaching seminar: technical change vs adaptive change. Adaptive change is the hard stuff; changing your mindset, your core principles and values. Dumping the habit of giving…
Read MoreLooking Forward
There was something in the air today.I sensed it from a lone bird’s call.I heard it in the busy squirrels frolicking in the sunshine.I witnessed it in the lone purple violet peeking up from the frozen and dead yellowed leaves.I felt it in the gentle breeze blowing through my hair, loose and unencumbered.What is it?Slowly…
Read MoreWhat Does A Tale of Two Cities Have to Do with Us?
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it…
Read MoreDecember Wish #3 – Presume Positive Intent
One of the best gifts I ever received was learning from neuroscience about the brain. It just amazes me that if I don’t know or understand something about a situation or a person, my brain just naturally will default to negative thinking. It’s so crazy. Well, guess what? Our year has been packed with uncertainty…
Read MoreLeadership in Uncertain Times Calls for Sharp Focus on Interpersonal Skills
If you were to take some time to list the attributes of the best leader you have ever experienced and then make a separate list of the attributes of the worst leader you have experienced, it is likely that interpersonal skills–or the lack of them—comprise a significant part of your list. Most likely, your list…
Read MoreEmotional Intelligence: The Key to Outstanding Leadership
Emotional Intelligence is a primary differentiator between good leadership and outstanding leadership. Trying times highlight this difference as leaders are called upon to bring their very best selves to each interaction and decision. As life conditions change or create new life and work challenges, individuals who are able to flex with the changes are the…
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