Archive for June 2019
How Organizations Can Use Lag and Lead Measures to Drive Progress
The following is adapted from It’s Never Just Business. When your team sets a goal at work, how do you track progress to see how you’re doing? Are you more prone to using a lag measure or a lead measure? Uh oh, did I lose you?
Read MoreWhy You Should Turn Followers into Leaders in Your Organization
The following is adapted from It’s Never Just Business. What does leadership mean to you? To me, it’s about creating a culture of listeners, collaborators, challengers, and decision makers. Leadership is about enabling your team to self-actualize by giving them a voice and engaging their creativity. Great leaders are the proverbial sounding board. By creating a culture…
Read MoreHow to Effectively Give Critical Feedback as a Leader
The following is adapted from It’s Never Just Business. Leadership will frequently require giving critical feedback in the form of coaching, and this article will help you get the results you are hoping for from coaching sessions.Pick a team member you feel could improve in some way, but not the problem child. It’s better to practice…
Read MoreWhy Companies Are Struggling with Their agile Transformations | And What to Do About It!
The biggest obstacle to achieving business agility is culture. You’ve heard this… But have you heard why? If not, keep reading. Command and control business management is about control and achieving smooth, consistent results. Generally, mistakes or disruption are not safe for employees. In this environment, being perceived as always having everything under control with…
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