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How to Lead Change by Managing Stability

The soapy, wet rags danced across my front windshield as I drove into the carwash. Instantly, my 90-pound German Sheppard leapt from the back to the front seat. His big brown eyes screamed at me, “Dad, what’s that?”

“It’s okay Comet.” I stroked his head as the car . . . → Read More: How to Lead Change by Managing Stability

How to Embrace Diversity

“You working late again?” The housekeeper asked, as she pulled her garbage-can-on-wheels into the computer room and gave me her warm smile. “Someone needs to process these studies,” I replied with a grateful grin. I was relieved to finally see a friendly face. I didn’t confess that I had nowhere else to be. It . . . → Read More: How to Embrace Diversity

Execution - How Effective Leaders Achieve Strategic Goals

Execution = Vision and Action

“Dave, tell me how you would facilitate our off-site senior management meeting?” Kurt was a no-nonsense CEO of a west coast commercial bank, with an MBA from Harvard.

“What happens at the meeting depends on what you want to happen after the meeting,” I . . . → Read More: Execution – How Effective Leaders Achieve Strategic Goals

How Leaders Increase Engagement

How Many of Your Employees Are Fully Engaged?

About 27% of the workforce is the answer for most organizations. That’s right, only 27% of employees are fully engaged at work according to research studies by the Gallup Organization. The remaining 73% are between somewhere between “not fully engaged” and “dead men working.”

Engagement is . . . → Read More: How Leaders Increase Engagement

How Leaders Conduct Effective Meetings

Imagine you and a close friend have a difficult situation that you need to address, how would you handle it? Would you sit down, have a meaningful dialogue so you both feel heard, then agree on how to deal with it? If so, congratulations, you’ve employed an effective strategy to achieve a desired result . . . → Read More: How Leaders Conduct Effective Meetings…