“The key for companies to achieve their priorities is to narrow their focus and take on one goal at a time — something with which many leaders struggle.” -Chris McChesney
In an interview with Arizona Central newspaper, author Chris McChesney said, “For business to execute their goals they must define and prioritize their wildly important goals.” For more information on this article please go to the following link: http://bit.ly/QJUL3s
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When projects are tied to business value, grounded in effective collaboration, and driven by healthy processes, leaders can help their teams achieve their goals.
Until recently, having a diverse workforce was seen as desirable but not necessary. It could be acknowledged with a handful of initiatives to make progress for the future, but times have changed.
Change is an ever-present part of running an organization. Today, rapid changes in technology, market dynamics, staffing, and consumer preferences have accelerated the need for upskilling.
Strategy is great and necessary, but it’s just a tool to achieve the result (the goal). By itself, it can become a distraction from the real work of accomplishment.
As we start the new year making plans, take time to reflect on your natural preferences and whether or not they are helping or hampering your goals for the next 12 months.
So much attention is brought to our relationships with others that we often forget about the most important relationship in our lives—the one with ourselves.
Take a break from the emotional fatigue caused by uncertainty and be validated for a moment—it is okay, normal even, to feel exhausted.
Understand your motive to master your communication style and build a brand as someone who makes things easier—not harder.
You don’t need to spend a lot of money to be memorable. You just need to deploy your creative skills, innovate, and care.
How you show up reflects who you are and what you think of others. How are you showing up?
What’s your identity and what precise behaviors could you employ, beginning today, to make your future truth become a reality?
Life seems to be returning to normal for many—and for many, it's a new normal that leans heavily on a virtual presence. Here are my top tips and reminders about getting your digital game in order.
In case you missed it – your key contribution as a leader is to recruit and retain talent. Mission, vision, and values? Important. Systems, structures, and strategy. Also important.
Imagine for a moment how difficult it would be to create an identity independent of someone many could consider the most famous person in the world.
If you’re “in it” for the long game, which we all need to be in our careers, businesses, and relationships, then you might want to revisit your decision-making criteria for your choices.
After reading more than 1,500 leadership books, several have become my favorites. What they all have in common is their applicability, at least to me in my life at the time of reading them.
Managing risk often requires us to be futurists but, how much of the risk in our lives are we focused on avoiding when that time might be better invested elsewhere?
“No involvement, no commitment” is one of the many wise adages left with us as part of Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s legacy. This short phrase should serve as a metaphorical Jiminy Cricket to every leader.
Every company is in the same business, the people business. What are you doing to ensure all of your systems, processes, strategies, and ongoing focus is about an obsession with people?
We all need to network to fulfill our dreams. To turn nothing into something and to help others do the same.
