Producing Hassle-Hunters – Every Employee A Quality Specialist
Want Employee “Engagement”? Start With Hassle Hunting, A Value Added Process Contrary to what many executives think, the information essential to improved productivity and efficiency does not reside in the executive suite, but in the minds of the people who…
Credibility: Knowing The Difference Between “Understanding From The Outside” and Understanding From The Inside
Communicating Credibly Understanding From The Inside – Understanding From The Outside We all think we know how government works. I thought that, at least until I joined the government as an organizational and development consultant some years ago. I’d always…
Understanding Leadership Ideologies and Models
Best Leadership Strategies Are Pragmatic Rather Than Based On Ideology If you want to learn more about leadership, or become a better leader, you have a wide range of leadership models, theories, and “expert opinions” to draw upon. That’s both…
The ONE Thing, And The ONLY Thing We Know For Sure About Leadership Effectiveness
After hundreds of years, research, books, we know remarkably little about what effective leadership is about There are dozens, if not hundreds of leadership models that “explain” what constitutes effective leadership. And hundreds of books. However, if we step back…
The Importance of Leadership In Managing Change
Summary: Leadership is important in most aspects of organizational health, but it’s even more important when it comes to a) creating and implementing planned change, or b) reacting to pressure for change that comes from sources external sources. In this…
Leadership – How Planning Transforms Into Doing
Summary: If you think of an organization as a ship, the “leader” is responsible for planning out the destination of the trip. However, no matter how good a leader is in creating strategy and planning, if the strategies and plans don’t…
