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Create More “Return on Reflection”

You and your team deserve to get more “return on reflection” (RoR), because weak team reflection leads to minimal or no learning which leads to little or no changes for the New Year. Everyone in the team holds an important part of your "reflection puzzle". Put the puzzle together and…

Tags | effective leadership teams, end of year debriefing, high performance, reflection, return on reflection, team deep dive, team reflection

Make Work a Laughing Matter

Laughter is good medicine. It reminds us to live (and laugh) in the present moment, not to take life too seriously and that work can sometimes feel like play. Make laughing matter in your organization or support someone who does.

Tags | business is a laughing matter, emotions at work, high performance, humor in the workplace, Leading is fun

Become a “Do Less Leader” and Create More

Busy leaders often produce mediocre results because they are simply too busy to recognize opportunities in front of them. Often leaders solve problems but fail to dig deeper and wider and create improvements. Busy leaders are distracted and this disrupts connections with others. Several leaders have commented to me, “I’d…

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

Mixed Messages from the Matrix Organization

Today’s technology is convenient and can be a cost effective way to connect and build partnerships. But technology can also drive a wedge between potential partners and turn misunderstandings into major turf battles if not handled professionally. Here’s a simple tip – never, ever respond to an email when you…

Tags | effective leadership, leading in matrix organizations, matrix leadership, matrix organization, matrix structures

Technology Rich and Priority Poor?

A lack of manageable priorities is a lack of leadership. You can be technology and priority rich at the same time. When you are, you’ve learned to thrive in the age of overload.

Tags | effective leadership, high performance leadership, highly effective leadership, priorities, priority rich, thriving in the age of overload

The Emotional Edge

Highly effective leaders are aware of the emotions they transmit, know how to manage these emotions and are able to competently recognize and deal with the emotions of others.

Tags | effective leadership, emotion, emotional edge, emotional leadership, high performance emotions

Are You an Executive Ball Hog?

When the CEO, or any other senior executive, complains that they don’t get the buy-in they expect from their executive team or are concerned that they don’t get constructive push back from their executive colleagues, it could be an opportunity to look at how well “the ball” is being shared…

Tags | buy-in, executive, executive ball hog, executive leadership, ownership, push back

In Need of a Small Candle?

A routine or rut resembles a dark room. You want to get out but you don't know where the door is. If you could only find the door, you could get out of the dark room and disrupt the de-energizing routine that you are in.

Tags | disrupt yourself, disruption, disruptions, executive patterns, habits, high performance, leadership

Crafting a Strategic Narrative

Strategic content is important, but it is your strategic narrative that moves people into passionate action. As you and your leadership team share your strategy into the business, spend some time to review and sharpen how you present where your business is going with the people that make it happen.

Tags | execution, executive communication, leadership and strategy, strategic narrative

Leadership Team Reflections for Results

15 days into the new year; are your well-intentioned resolutions already falling off your leadership team agenda? Well intentioned leadership team resolutions can quickly get lost if they aren't anchored in meaningful reflection. Use this structure to make the most of your experiences from the past year so that you…

Tags | executive excellence, leadership team, reflection, results