I worked with a senior manager named Bill in the mid-80’s who thought that fanny patting demonstrated a positive climate of team spirit. Needless to say, eventually an employee filed a complaint. To say Bill was unrepentant at my our first meeting is like saying a pit bull can become mildly annoyed if provoked.
I began to quote [...]
Posts Tagged ‘effective leadership changes’
How Leaders Can Connect People to the Need for Change Part 3
How New Leaders Connect People to the Need for Change
Effective leadership changes accelerate when a newly hired or promoted leader achieves 2-3 critical wins within their first three months in their role. These “small enough to win, big enough to matter” wins are generally dependent on their team becoming aware, accepting, and actively engaging with the need for the status quo to change. We all know [...]
Nature or Nurture? What You Believe About Your Talent Capacity Is True!
I read an interesting article in the Business section of today’s New York Times entitled, “If you’re Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow”. The author, Janet Rae-Dupree asks the question, “Is it possible to shift from a fixed mind-set to a growth mind-set?”. To answer this question, Rae-Dupree quotes Stamford psychologist Carol Dweck’s three [...]
The 49% Solution to Improve Leadership Transitions
Leadership IQ, a global leadership training and research company recently completed a three-year study of the reasons for leadership failure. They found that the top five reasons for failure were;
Poor Coach-ability (26%) – The inability to accept and implement feedback from bosses, colleagues, customers, and others.
Lack of Emotional Intelligence (23%) – The inability to understand [...]
A New Leader Journey – James Farley of Ford
One purpose for this blog is to mine “case studies” of leaders entering new roles for “lessons learned” that you can apply to current and future transtions . For example, I read an Bill Vlasic’s article about James Farley, Ford’s Chief Marketing Officer, in the New York Times on Sunday, April 20th. Mr. Farley’s been in [...]