Dave Jensen On Leadership http://davejensenonleadership.com Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:57:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 How to Lead Change by Managing Stability http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/11/how-to-lead-change-by-managing-stability/ http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/11/how-to-lead-change-by-managing-stability/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:55:36 +0000 Dave Jensen http://davejensenonleadership.com/?p=869 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]]> http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/11/how-to-lead-change-by-managing-stability/feed/ 0 How to Embrace Diversity http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/10/how-to-embrace-diversity/ http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/10/how-to-embrace-diversity/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:51:48 +0000 Dave Jensen http://davejensenonleadership.com/?p=863 . . . → Read More: How to Embrace Diversity]]> http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/10/how-to-embrace-diversity/feed/ 0 Execution – How Effective Leaders Achieve Strategic Goals http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/09/execution-how-effective-leaders-achieve-strategic-goals/ http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/09/execution-how-effective-leaders-achieve-strategic-goals/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:59:59 +0000 Dave Jensen http://davejensenonleadership.com/?p=849

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]]> http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/09/execution-how-effective-leaders-achieve-strategic-goals/feed/ 1 How Leaders Increase Engagement http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/07/how-leaders-increase-engagement/ http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/07/how-leaders-increase-engagement/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:59:43 +0000 Dave Jensen http://davejensenonleadership.com/?p=841 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]]> http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/07/how-leaders-increase-engagement/feed/ 0 How Leaders Conduct Effective Meetings… http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/06/how-leaders-conduct-effective-meetings/ http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/06/how-leaders-conduct-effective-meetings/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:37:54 +0000 Dave Jensen http://davejensenonleadership.com/?p=834 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…]]> http://davejensenonleadership.com/2011/06/how-leaders-conduct-effective-meetings/feed/ 1