The biggest competitive advantage is……
According to Patrick Lencioni, author of The Advantage, and Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Strategy, Technology, Finance and Marketing are still alive, well and important, but “as meaningful competitive advantages, as real differentiators that can set one company apart from another, they are no longer anything close to what they once were. That’s because virtually […]
Do You Draw the Target Before You Shoot? Do You Create Clarity?
I’m working with a number of my clients on creating clarity. Why? Because clarity is the first step towards alignment, and alignment is critical to leadership success. In Leading Blog, Mark Miller writes: “I saw a cartoon years ago in which Charlie Brown shot an arrow at a fence and then proceeded to draw a […]
Does Your Leadership Allow GEFN?
This week’s blog borrows from Donna Zajonc and David Emerald’s “TED Works.” As a recovering perfectionist myself, I have found this to be a powerful approach-it’s what I used when I wrote my book. I share it with you now. “We were recently on a telephone call with a colleague, talking about a project we […]
The Power of a Reframe: Leadership, Life, and Limitations
I frequently get to test the power of principles I use in coaching leaders. One of these is the power of a “reframe” to create meaning from events in our lives. In the first week of the New Year, I was celebrating the end of 2016—(yes)! and inviting in all the new possibilities 2017 might […]
Leadership Lessons from Your Dog—Really!
I’ve chosen to feature an entire post borrowed from Willie Pieterson, Professor of Management at Columbia Business School and former CEO of several multibillion dollar businesses. The six lessons abound with insightful, focused wisdom for leaders. Consider this as you make an inventory of what’s made your year as a leader effective… “Margaret Wheatley, the […]