Too many leadership teams find themselves caught in a cycle of relentless activity without meaningful progress—a phenomenon known as “rat racing.” To learn three ways you can break free from rat racing practices and foster a more dynamic and effective leadership environment, read on.
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Executive Muscle
How do use your executive muscle? To drive immediate action or influence others to act? The balance between these approaches significantly impacts your leadership longevity and the quality of you followership. How consciously are you flexing your executive muscle?
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 wrong. Standout professional coaches and trainers who, after losing a tough match, refrain from blaming their players is an example of shining in the lowlights. Instead, they acknowledge the team’s shortcomings, commend the opposing team, and emphasize the need for collective improvement, starting with themselves.
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 read more…
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 or resistant executive team.
Must-Win Battle Scorecard
Last week I shared questions that help leadership teams reflect on their business performance, lessons learned, and missed opportunities. Here’s a highly effective framework that leadership teams can use to address and review their must-win battles.
Executive Ownershift
How does your leadership team play the game, with a systematic approach to success or is everyone trying to be “the star” on the court? If you’re a senior leader and interested in exchanging ideas from your leadership team success playbook, I’ll be happy to share my playbook with you. It will help us both play a better game.
No Problems at the Top?
Executive teams often know what they want. yet miss opportunities to transform themselves and their business because they are unwilling to address what the need. Here are six questions executive teams (or people that support them) can use to get at what they need to play at their best, rather than settling for what is comfortable or what they want.
Limiting Labels
When you label yourself, others, or situations around you, you stop seeing opportunities for growth and lock yourself into a limiting belief. Live life beyond the label.
Keeping Secrets is Bad for Business
There is nothing to be ashamed of by asking for help. When we pretend to be perfect, hide our imperfections, and discourage people from giving us feedback and ideas to improve, we lose followers and our ability to influence people.