With respect to an issue related to COVID-19, a colleague recently emailed me “Thanks for your leadership on this.” My immediate reaction was “I don’t really feel like I’m leading anything. I feel like I am riding in a whitewater raft – and the waves are treacherous!” The current environment is a lot … Continue reading about “Leading” a Whitewater Raft
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The Power of Goals
Learn to increase your effectiveness by setting goals as outcomes, not activities. Discover the seven steps to higher levels of performance, fulfillment, and satisfaction. For free e-book click here.
Strategy
A New Strategy Approach
Last week I gave the students in my graduate Nonprofit Strategy course their midterm in which I asked them to invent their own strategic planning … Continue reading about A New Strategy Approach
Leading Change Pitfalls
Leading Change is one of the most challenging tasks of top leaders. You may have memorized Kotter’s eight steps and have a big guiding … Continue reading about Leading Change Pitfalls
Leadership
The End of Racism
Wow - what a bold title for a blog. What kind of a world do you want to live in? Would you like to live in a world without racism? I know that I would! While it is a very aspirational vision and will likely … Continue reading about The End of Racism
Compassionate Coaching for Change
At some point, one of your direct reports or colleagues is going to need to change their behaviors in order to meet a challenge or move to the next level. You have an opportunity to support and assist them using … Continue reading about Compassionate Coaching for Change
Teamwork
Retaining Your Best Talent
The continued low employment rate means that even some of your talented team members who are not looking to leave, could get recruited away. This is the topic of a recent article* in The Wall Street Journal with … Continue reading about Retaining Your Best Talent
Coaching Your Team
In the olden days . . . once you were identified as being great at what you did you were made a manager. You taught others how to do it right – just like you did. It was a command and control world. As it turns … Continue reading about Coaching Your Team