Leadership Clashes

Apr 20, 2011 | Leadership Development

In meeting with a prospective client this week, an all too common issue presented itself: The client wants to tweak the organization's culture. The leaders want to enhance their managers' and front-line team members' ability to work together, communicate with one another, and generally create a more comfortable workplace. Wonderful. However, to achieve this, they believe leadership training for their supervisors and managers is the answer. Not in this case. Well, at least not yet. Leadership...

Calm The Rumblings

Jul 19, 2010 | Leadership Development

Do your job and immediately calm project team rumbles to prevent team explosions and projects going off-track.

The Test of Leadership Power

Feb 21, 2010 | Leadership Development

No matter how you say it: When the rubber meets the road; The proof is in the pudding; or Actions speak louder than words the truth is, we will never know who will be an effective leader until that person is given power. Then the test of leadership begins. As Abraham Lincoln said, "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." You see, even though an individual with leadership potential may possess numerous desirable leadership attributes, from...

Whose Job Are You Doing?

Aug 20, 2009 | Leadership Development

I had a work session yesterday with a client who wanted to discuss what to do with his General Manager who has been micromanaging his Operations Director and other staff. The General Manager's micromanaging has caused three key staff members to resign and the Operations Director has threatened to do so too. What was my client, the company owner, to do? After I'd gotten more background on the situation, I asked my client to identify the top five responsibilities of both his General Manager and...

It’s Time to Change the Relationship

Jul 30, 2009 | Leadership Development

I provided a leadership training program recently to a client as part of their year-long Leadership Development Program for Women. My program was entitled, "Effectively Leading By Managing Difficult Situations and People." At the start of the program, I asked the participants in addition to what I had planned to cover with them, what other leadership issues they would want me to address. One woman raised her hand and said, "I'd like to learn how to provide corrective feedback to my staff...