Do You Know What to Look for in New Hires That Will Double Your Success?
Oftentimes, in the hiring process, we get off track looking for skills in a job rather than at the person and the qualities they bring to the table. As part of the Rockefeller Four Decisions work, strategic planning includes setting a purpose for the business, naming core values that are alive in the business, and…
Communication   Leadership
How Can You Be More Effective at Managing Up?
“Great bosses embrace a larger purpose–and help their employees embrace a larger purpose–because they know business isn’t just business. Business is personal. We all seek to find meaning in our personal and professional lives.” Author Unknown When you are a senior leader you are likely the one to encourage an environment that uses conscious leadership,…
Jump from an I-Pod to a We-Pod
In previous posts I have promised to take a deeper dive into each component of the upcoming class, Jump-Start Your Team. The entire focus is to jump from the I-Pod to the We-Pod as a culture. Today I’d like talk about the accountability aspect of collaborative leadership and high performance. When using a process like the…
A New Year: A New View on Collaborative Leadership and High Performance
In celebration of the New Year and a new view on Collaborative Leadership and High Performance, I am posting a link to my most recent video, Collaborate Leadership: How to Harness the Power in Your People. Recently published neuroscience research connects High Performance to many of the same elements contained in our Collaborative Leadership Model:…
The Collaborative Leadership Process and High Performance are Intrinsically Related
As I write this post in December, I am looking at a white landscape outside my window. I want to wish all of you the happiest of Holiday Seasons and to encourage you to look ahead to next year. I see two important focus points in 2012 for executive leaders who want to improve their…