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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 replied. . . . → Read More: Execution – How Effective Leaders Achieve Strategic Goals  5 comments - (Comments are closed)  Commanding execute w. passion and courage, Commitment, execute, Feedback, goal setting, strategy, Visionary strategies Would you sit in front of a campfire and say, “Give me more heat, then I’ll give you more wood.” Of course not! You need to “earn” the heat by investing your time and energy gathering the wood, lugging it back to camp, arranging it in the pit, fanning the glowing embers; then you . . . → Read More: Leading by Achieving ANY Goal One comment - (Comments are closed) Beliefs, Commitment, Feedback, goal setting, Rational plan, Self-efficacy, Visionary Goals First we make our habits, then they make us. John Dryden – 1600’s English poet
How much of your day is spent operating according to habits? Do you have unconscious routines as you get ready for work every morning, drive to work, conduct meetings, prepare paperwork, and relax . . . → Read More: How Leaders Transform Core Competencies into Leadership Habits Many of us make those New Year resolutions, few of us keep them. We start out all fired up to lose a few extra pounds, spend less money, or spend more time with loved ones. Then something happens; we slip, we fall, we get caught up in the same old routine… In no time, . . . → Read More: Why Leaders Say “Know” to New Year Resolutions 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Development, Feedback, goal setting, Leadership, new year resolution, SMART goals, Visionary Goals In a previous blog, I pointed out that the desired outcome of any performance feedback session is to produce better performance after the conversation. They should be called “feed forward” sessions. While this may sound obvious, leaders often tell me that their goal is to “Get the person to understand…” or “Have the . . . → Read More: Seven Mistakes Leaders Make During Feedback Sessions |
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