How's your business shaping up for 2010? Are you confident you have what it takes to thrive in this crazy environment? How are your customers doing? Do you ask them very frequently? Are they "satisfied" with your company's service? How do you know? That's the main gig, right? All business can be boiled down into … Continue reading Between 4 and 5
Category: High Performance Culture
HUB and Spokes
For all those attempting to make themselves better leaders, or to improve the leadership of their organizations, BUILT TO LEAD has a simple way to think about the attributes at the "hub," or center, of transformational leadership: H stands for "HOPE"--Transformational leaders inspire us with a compelling vision of a more hopeful future linked to … Continue reading HUB and Spokes
Leadership and Pornography
Okay, now that I have your attention...let's talk about sexy stuff: LEADERSHIP! (What did you think I was going to talk about)? Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart is perhaps best remembered, at least outside legal circles, for his opinion in a 1964 film censorship case that "hard-core pornography is hard to define, but I … Continue reading Leadership and Pornography
Whole-Brain Leadership
We at BUILT TO LEAD love to study, learn, and apply new information and insights about anything dealing with excellence in work and life. We have studied thousands of individuals, teams, and leaders through research, reading, and direct observation. A relatively recent insight that I have gained from research, cast against my own career experience, … Continue reading Whole-Brain Leadership
The CEO Carries Five Keys
Another very interesting week with clients building themselves and their organizations. Boiling down a lot of reading, research, experience, and current conversation with some gifted Builders and leaders, here are five crucial roles that can only be played by the top leader of an organization. Leaders come from every level, but no one has the … Continue reading The CEO Carries Five Keys
Two Questions to Ignite a Revolution
The Builders at BUILT TO LEAD are fans of CLARITY. Lack of clarity in communications, and confusion between one person and another surrounding the meaning of language, is often a source of miscommunication. Misunderstanding, due to miscommunication, is a type of friction suffered by the organization, introducing an irritant to interpersonal relationships, a drag on … Continue reading Two Questions to Ignite a Revolution
Amazing
It's been an amazing couple of weeks for The Band. We have all been amazed, astonished, shocked, and surprised by the loss of our friend and fellow Builder, Larry Allen. I want to share how amazed I have been--but NOT astonished, shocked or surprised--by the actions of my brothers, and sisters, in The Band since. I … Continue reading Amazing
Green Economy
Happy Belated St. Paddy's Day. Yesterday, as I was driving to meet a prospective new client I heard an interesting discussion on the radio about whether and how the current economic crisis would affect the prospects for transitioning to a "green" economy. Since it was a day for all things Irish, and therefore all things … Continue reading Green Economy
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