What changes if we headline the STRENGTHS column with the same title - GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES? How much better will our organizations be if our employees concentrate on increasing and playing to their strengths rather than just shoring up their shortcomings? Why not try it and find out? Try it for yourself too.
Monday, February 20, 2012
GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
Friday, February 10, 2012
GIVING NOTICE
Who on your team will you unexpectedly “notice” this week? What will you do to express that? Words? A note? A token of some sort? |
Monday, February 6, 2012
BACKING UP IS BACKING UP
How much more effective can you be, can they be, when you focus on what your key people should accomplish rather than what they should do? What changes if you concentrate on the questions you ask rather than the tasks they should perform?
Monday, January 30, 2012
AN ONLINE SURPRISE
Is your product/service so valuable to an individual user that he/she might take to the web to promote it, describe it, endorse it, train others to use it? Does anyone blog about your service, tweet about your offerings, introduce outsiders to you on social networking sites? Do you even know? How will you find out? Then what?
Monday, January 23, 2012
THE CLUTTERED LIFE
How much of your sense of “busy” is really a function of the clutter you’ve allowed in your life? What clutter will you jettison this week? Name three specific things.
Monday, January 16, 2012
WHO STARTS THE CONVERSATION?
How often do your people initiate meaningful conversations with you? Are you open to let them take your time, are you available to hear them talk about things that matter for them and for your organization even when those things are not on your radar right now? Do your team members see that in your actions, your responses?
Monday, January 9, 2012
PREPOSITION PRESCRIPTION
Leadership is about people. It's about working with people, for people and through people. "With" them to show you'll put out as much as you ask of them. "For" them to assure them they have the resources, the training, the scope and the authority to do their jobs. "Through" them to focus everyone's efforts on achieving the set and the shared goals.
This week's question:
Which preposition gives you the most angst -- with, for or through? Do your people see that you are "with" them? Do they know that you are "for" them? Do they share the goals you've communicated to them providing confidence you are effectively working "through" them? What do you need to work on today?