Opportunities are the venues where people can try themselves, test themselves, better themselves, and even find themselves. The leader’s job is to match the opportunity to the person and to help the person, and the organization, exploit the opportunity for all it’s...
I can’t imagine anyone who has ever been in a supervisory role arguing against that statement. The expectations that come with being the boss are huge! Some people excel when they’re in charge, many others fail. And why do they fail? Mainly because they can’t handle...
When you’re a leader, your primary responsibility is to leave people and the organization better off than when you found them. But the pressures of your other nonwork responsibilities also compete for your attention. You’re responsible for being a good spouse, parent,...
Strategic planning isn’t something that gets done in a vacuum and it most definitely isn’t something that just anyone offers to do. It’s an arduous process. It’s a bit messy. It requires significant commitment. But more than anything, it demands courage. Only real...
Hey GLC readers! 2019 starts with lots of unknowns and questions. Are you… Going to do the same things and follow the same strategies as last year, or… Going to take some chances and try some things out of the box? Kinda scary huh, especially if your organization...
Strategic planning is a necessary activity if you want your company to communicate its goals externally and internally. For instance, if your objective is to make 2019 your company’s best year ever, but you don’t tell everyone at the company, how do you expect to...
Learning how to trust others is a difficult feat. It requires a certain amount of powerlessness, and for most of us, that feeling creates discomfort. However, if we learn how to trust ourselves in our innate abilities, we find the courage to believe in others. As...
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