Culture of Collaboration

In today’s business environment it is often instinctive to hold your cards close to your sleeve, keeping problems and challenges to yourself, for fear of being perceived as lacking. But in reality, we all have challenges and problems in business, and “no man is an island.” We must learn to engage and collaborate with each…

As I have mentioned in previous articles, the basic skill for dynamic leadership is Communication, coupled with the ability to connect and to create partnerships with direct reports, peers and top leaders within your organization.  Without this basic skill the best strategic plan falls short, and frustration can create greater distance. I’ve been writing and…

In order to lead effectively, communication and connection are essential leadership behaviors that must be developed from the onset.  Collaborative leadership skills are demanding more focus, as global business becomes more prevalent.  One of the first behaviors that managers, and those in senior leadership positions, must develop is the ability to network and to share…

To effectively lead and be strategic from any role in your organization, you have to develop network relationships and partnerships. I was talking with a Vice President this week who is the leader of a global team in a large organization that has many teams involved with different functions of the business. In addition, her…

I have a physician friend who in the past has worked in a small group practice, and is now part of a very large practice with management of a CEO and Vice Presidents. As we caught up over lunch, he expressed concern over the challenges of not only creating behavior change within an organization, but…

As I continue to write and to talk with leaders, I am struck by the continued bafflement about how to move from being reactive to proactive which is what has inspired today’s post. I have heard many executives define the culture of their organization as reactive vs. pro-active.  They have expressed a desire for more…

Our last blog post, Is Collaboration Worth the Time and Effort? elicited some great comments. My initial intention was to discuss partnership and collaboration as a means for creating greater success, both in implementation of current strategic plans and in innovation for expansion. In the comments that I received people spoke of joint writing projects…

Recently, an executive in a global business said over dinner, “I hate collaboration”! If you have said that and have felt held back by the need to work with another when it seems that things would move more quickly if alone, then this is for you.

Lately, many of my conversations with clients have been around how to develop new ways to enhance everything from sales to executive leadership. For today’s post I thought I would focus on two areas: Presenting the essentials for creating a focus on engagement as a methodology and as a new frontier for creating results and…

In the last two weeks there have been several conversations about change and about the changing organization of companies, sometimes from within and sometimes because of mergers or acquisitions. How does an acquired company remain viable and exciting enough to create a lasting positive impact and be recognized as a business expander?