Tag Archives: leadership
Gravitas Is a Quality You Can Develop
Having gravitas at work means you are taken seriously, your contributions are considered important, and you are trusted and respected. “Rebecca, I need more gravitas,” Andreas said to me at the start of our first coaching session, “but I want to be myself. I don’t want to pretend to be someone else.” As an organizational […]
7 Strategies for Better Group Decision-Making
Are more minds are better than one, right? Not necessarily. When you have a tough business problem to solve, you likely bring it to a group. After all, more minds are better than one, right? Not necessarily. Larger pools of knowledge are by no means a guarantee of better outcomes. Because of an over-reliance on […]
How To Stop Second-Guessing Your Biggest Decisions
One thing to keep in mind: The decision is the start of a process, not the end of one. We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to make the “right” decision. People agonize over whether to take a particular job, because they are concerned they may not love the work. They spend a lot […]
How To Identify The Most Important Tasks
As leaders, we are faced with many tasks to complete. If we don’t choose carefully, we will often work on the wrong tasks rather than the right ones. As leaders, we are faced with many tasks to complete. If we don’t choose carefully, we will often work on the wrong tasks rather than the right […]
How To Wisely Wield The Power Of Leadership
We influence, positively and negatively, in every action, reaction, and interaction. Getting excited about a topic, feeling frustrated about avoidable rework, or digging into a problem to root out solutions… each moment is one to be mindful of how we are perceived.. Why is that? Because even if we “just want to help” or are […]
The New Role Of Trust In Business In A Pandemic
Leaders who aren’t trusted – or who don’t trust others – can communicate all they want, but people will discount everything they say. A powerful effect of the coronavirus pandemic has been to expose the gap between what company leaders say and what they mean. When a company demands that its workers produce a sick […]
The COVID-19 recovery will be digital: A plan for the first 90 days
The rapid migration to digital technologies driven by the pandemic will continue into the recovery. Here’s how to accelerate your organization’s digital capabilities to keep pace. By now, most C-suite executives have led their companies to digitize at least some part of their business to protect employees and serve customers facing mobility restrictions as a […]
Leadership by fools
If you’re willing for a time to be thought a fool, you’ll end up with the last laugh. After a brief run of fewer than three years, Brandless has bitten the dust. The SoftBank-backed startup was conceived on the proposition that it could make consumer staples more affordable by selling them online and unbranded, streamlining […]
Improve strategic alignment through better metrics
Strategic alignment seems to be a friction point that has proven difficult to smooth. I have been helping a client for some time now on strategic planning and culture transformation. With a solid strategic plan and plan administration process in place and a roadmap for cultural change, I am proud to say that they’ve come […]
Stop Rushing In With Advice
Why your words of wisdom probably aren’t worth very much. There’s a time and place for advice. But when giving it is your default response to colleagues and friends who face difficult situations (and for most of us, that’s the case), it becomes a problem. It’s an insidious habit — one you’ve been encouraged to […]