Innovative Business Leadership
This is a question you probably have asked yourself, at some point in your life. Odds are you have asked the question more than once. Once for each new job, each new profession, each new…
The question tends to be ‘professionally’ oriented when it is being asked. How long until you can consider yourself an experienced…whatever it is you are?
Its one of those little unspoken secrets. It’s probably right up there with publicly discussion your salary, an ex-spouse, or venereal disease. Very few people publicly acknowledge making use of coaching.
My expectation is that many fear it will reflect negatively upon them. If you’re a senior leader, perhaps there is fear that to admit coaching is to admit a weakness. Of course, in highly competitive environments, such as in C-suite, it might also be viewed as a competitive secret!
Apple, Starbucks, Dell, and others are frequently lauded for their incredible successes. Yet each was on the verge of becoming failures…at points after their initial successes. Why?
Is it just Leadership? Or, was it Process-based?
Book review, for leaders who are *struggling to steady their leadership compass; *wonder why their teams do not seem to trust them; *or are looking for ways to help their teams share their values.
What a debacle. What a failure to lead.
It does not matter whether you are a supporter of President Obama, or not. Really doesn’t. His failure to fully, properly resolve the ongoing ‘obama birth certificate’ issue demonstrates a failure to lead.
A Big Time Suck, or No? Pouring tons of effort in, getting little out, is perceived as a, ‘time suck.’ Social’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon, and you need to have a plan.
Now we know, that motorcyclists, like Leaders, are different people. Why is that? In short, what studies repeatedly show is, what we do more of, we get better at.
Motorcycling is healthy for you. Simply thinking about it stimulates your brain.
Product managers have a challenging role. They are the keeper of the dream for the product(s) they’re charged with giving direction to. They distill input from a range of sources; delve into research and marketing studies; look at competitors’ offerings; and, craft the dream, the strategy, for everyone to follow.
One of the most challenging groups to capture feedback from, are Internal Stakeholders. Here are some thoughts on how to be more successful at it.
Thomas Crapper, you know him, he’s one of your best friends. He’s the the guy that made getting rid of dodgers popular. Well, there’s a modern day dodger that needs flushing.
What’s my beef? The problem with fuel surcharges is that it’s a poor attempt by companies to try removing one of the 4P’s from consideration. They’re trying to fool everyone.
Why People Fail is actually a twist on words. It could just as easily been titled along the lines of How to Be Successful. Siimon provides an easily read book that highlights 16 key points underlying how people set themselves up to fail.
Step by step, Siimon discusses ways readers can incrementally work to improve themselves, from self-image, through proper health and exercise, to rituals and persistence…to name a few.
