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
Category: Sustainable Results
A Few Words About Energy and Power
We at BUILT TO LEAD are big fans of clarity. Oftentimes, the meaning of our own language, English, just does not help. That's when we ask our old dead friends from ancient Greece and Rome for some help. Even occasional readers of this blog know that we often call on ancient Latin to define what … Continue reading A Few Words About Energy and Power
My Near-Life Experience
If you've ever wondered about the mysterious and fascinating topic of near-death experiences, check out the BBC documentary called "The Day I Died." It's on video and available as segments on YouTube. Most of us have probably heard about the commonly uncommon experiences of people across all cultures who have clinically "died" only to be … Continue reading My Near-Life Experience
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
How are MY Ratios?
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?
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
Abhor the Vacuum
Picking up on Chet's call in his latest blog to ACT, I'd like to recommend an action that all of us who lead anybody or anything need to do right now: Scrap you current plan for 2009 and start over. If your fiscal year is this calendar year, you started thinking about this year last … Continue reading Abhor the Vacuum
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