A BUILT TO LEAD fundamental for every leader in work AND life is watching their "ratios." NOT financial ratios, but the "vibes" (usually in the form of non-verbal cues in body language or tone) we all send to one another. Your "ratio" is the number of "positive vibes" you send versus "negative vibes". When we … Continue reading How are MY Ratios?
Category: High Performance Culture
Nested
Have you ever seen those neat Russian dolls that nest, one within the other? You open the top of one doll and another is right there to greet you, and so on and so on until you've got maybe ten or more little Russian dolls. Here's a concept I'm trying to work out for the … Continue reading Nested
Jobs To Be Done
The Band of Builders at BUILT TO LEAD has been thinking a lot lately about productive actions WE can take now to will help our clients, families, and friends weather the economic cloudburst we're under. Chet kicked us off last week about TAKING ACTION as a way to regain focus, enCOURAGE your people, and gain … Continue reading Jobs To Be Done
Four Eyes
I'm myopic, and have been since I was young. It's a fancy word for being nearsighted. I can still read without needing eyeglasses, but I need the specs for driving, sports, and for figuring out who's coming towards me down a long hallway. Kids call other kids who need glasses "Four Eyes!" This week, I … Continue reading Four Eyes
Perfectly Designed
I've been scrounging through some old, musty, dusty files lately and found something that you, our dear readers, may gain some value from. It's an old quote from an old dead guy that always gets me thinking... "Every organization is perfectly designed to achieve the results it gets." Say what??!! "Every organization is perfectly designed … Continue reading Perfectly Designed
Things to do NOW. (Chapter One)
I have a friend in the Chicago area named Al Johnson. Al’s an Episcopal priest about my age who’s built a dynamic and growing congregation--a committed Christian community--at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Barrington, Illinois. Al is destined to be a bishop soon because he is a real leader who believes. He also shoots a … Continue reading Things to do NOW. (Chapter One)
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