The Program Sponsor, Chief of People and Culture of a program I ran, reminded me the other day my comments during the final PCG meeting. During the Sponsors closing remarks he congratulating me on my leadership of the team through […]
Have you heard this addage from a sports coach?: “A champion team will defeat a team of champions.” However, as much as we all admire the ideals of teamwork and connectedness there’s also the alternative notion of the “rugged individual” […]
If you are like me, there is nothing worse than getting a meeting invite knowing the sole purpose is “a status update”. For me, if you want the team to INVEST time in the meeting, it needs to get real. […]
Strategic human resource management is the process of linking the human resource function with the strategic objectives of the organization in order to improve performance. If a global company is to function successfully, strategies at different levels need to inter-relate. […]
It’s easy to think that some people are naturally very influential, when in reality influence is about skills! We can learn how to increase our influence, and it’s a good thing to want more influence. If we consider leadership as influencing and […]
I have spent the summer diving into, for the third time, a favourite author, Jim Collins. From the author of Built to Last, Good to Great outlines a model for turning a good, average or even mediocre company in to […]
Have you ever asked yourself, “Why aren’t more of my employees willing to take risks?” Perhaps it’s because the few times they tried and things went wrong, they were either disciplined or perhaps even fired. Even when employees succeed at […]
If you want your employees to be motivated to do their best, and if you want them to be the most valuable asset on your balance sheet, then let them feel and experience ownership in the organization. The best managers […]
As I consult to Executives, CEO’s and Senior Managers, without fail we will ultimately start talking about a problem that at some point the question of “Why…?”, “Why are you doing that thing that costs so much time?”, “Why, are […]
The building blocks of excellence are moments – specifically, defining moments. In the 7 Moments… That Define Excellent Leaders book, bestselling author Lee J. Colan tells leaders how to recognize, create and utilize these moments effectively to bring out the […]