Executive Leadership Blog - Dan Norenberg

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Shining in the Lowlights

True leadership is not only about basking in the highlights but also shining in the shadows of failure. It is easy to shine when everything is going well, yet effective leaders distinguish themselves by their ability to shine in the “lowlights”—when mistakes are made, projects fail, or things go miserably…

Tags | effective executive teams, effective leadership, executive ownershift, executive teams, high performance culture, high performance team, highly effective teams, resilience

Delicate Dilemmas

“Does the CEO want me to run my business function, or be a member of the executive team?” This question was raised recently in an executive coaching session, loaded with a great deal of emotion. Can you see the dilemma? Senior leaders face this dilemma, and all too often it…

Tags | delicate dilemmas, effective executive teams, executive ownershift, executive performance

The magic (stick) of owning change

Suggesting change for others is much easier that taking the personal steps to our own change, yet meaningful change gets diluted when we ask others to change and not change ourselves. How do your senior leadership teams set the example for change they expect in others?

Tags | change, change leadership, executive leadership, executive ownershift, leading change

The Cobbler’s Children Go Barefoot

Like the cobbler, who does not see that only his children do not have shoes, executive leadership teams that fail to put themselves under the critical lens of continuous improvement miss the opportunity to own the transformation they so often ask of others. Learn the signs of a resistant executive…

Tags | effective executive teams, executive excellence, executive leadership, executive ownershift, high performance executive teams

In some organizations, the official word is, “We trust you, you are our most important asset”, yet through unwritten rules and actions, they say, “We do not really trust you and in fact, if you want something, you have to go up three levels in the organization to get approval…

Tags | effective executive, effective leadership, executive ownershift, highly effective leadership teams, ownership, ownership culture, trust

Miserable or Magnificent Failure?

We are all going to fail, at many aspects of life and business. While failing is an unavoidable fact of life, we can choose how we fail. A leader’s role is to help people fail magnificently. How about you, and your leadership team – in what ways are you supporting…

Tags | effective leadership teams, executive leadership, executive ownershift, failing successfully, high performance culture, learning from mistakes, magnificent failure, miserable failure

The Executive Team Nest

Nesting behaviors can attach to any organizational team or function in your business. When nesting creeps into your executive team (or any other team for that matter), the team is not playing at its best. This puts your entire organization at risk. How do you ensure that nesting does not…

Tags | effective leadership teams, effective teams, executive breakthroughs, executive ownershift, high performance cultures, high performance executive teams, high performance leadership, performance

Better Vision Builds a Better Future

Vision is a team sport, where every member must contribute to its growth. How does the strength of your organizational vision and all that it influences create a competitive advantage for you?

Tags | effective leadership, executive agenda, executive leadership, executive ownershift, vision, visionary leader, visionary leadership

All the best to infinity & beyond

Embracing the spirit of unity and practicing meaningful collaboration, repeated over many generations, could become helpful habits for those who will make that very long journey, some generations from now. Every small action in this direction helps, and perhaps at some point in the distant future, those in front of…

Tags | collaboration, cooperation, executive ownershift, Proxima Centauri, unity, working together

Frauen, fast eine Liebeserklärung

I could not help but think about the actress’s backstory, that only a few in the audience were aware of. 25 years earlier, I sat at her family’s dining room table, in a small Black Forest village, listening to Angela’s parents encourage her to pursue a real career, something more…

Tags | creativity, executive ownershift, passion, resilience