Our collective COVID experience has turned some people off to creating a strategy. “Why plan,” they say. While I appreciate the huge challenges that COVID has given us these past two years, strategic planning is still vitally important. You need be clear on where you want to go and how to get there. Here are some important things you can do to make sure that your … [Read more...] about Leading Adaptive Strategy
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Connecting with New Colleagues – Online
Creating an organizational culture of full engagement and nurturing a sense of community where people feel connected isn't easy — especially when we're working remotely. National polls indicate about 67% of employees in white-collar jobs reported working from home in 2021. A majority of those migrated into a virtual environment within their current organization where they had … [Read more...] about Connecting with New Colleagues – Online
Wanted: Allies & Accomplices
The most recent blog encouraged people to read the book, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, as a way to learn more about the lived experience of the African-American female author, Austin Channing Brown. I stated that our world needs more “radical empathy” as I referenced this quote by Isabel Wilkerson, author of the book Caste: The Origins of our … [Read more...] about Wanted: Allies & Accomplices
Black Lives: Better Understood
Recently I was asked by the Racial Justice ministry at my church to co-facilitate a Book Group. Fortunately for me, I said yes, as it turned out to be a great learning experience. My co-facilitator for the Book Group (Milli) suggested the book, I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. It is an excellent book and I strongly recommend that you read it. I … [Read more...] about Black Lives: Better Understood
Lessons from Mission-Driven Leaders
It has been noted that teaching and mission-driven leadership are two fields that don’t do enough to document success strategies. In fact, the educator Ken Bain once wrote, “Teaching is one of the human endeavors that rarely benefits from its past ... For the most part, [great teachers’] insights die with them, and subsequent generations must discover anew the wisdom that … [Read more...] about Lessons from Mission-Driven Leaders