I read this post on leadership and implementing change and took these four points away. 1. Discern the direction the group needs to go. 2. Determine the pace at which the group can get there and the size of the steps they can make. 3. Nurture a culture that encourages and supports progress, growth and …
Dan Rockwell summarises Peter Drucker on influence and provides nine questions “to point out and begin resolving wasted effort.” What’s frustrating you? What’s frustrating about that? What are you doing to solve your frustration? How’s your strategy working? What do you really want, with this situation in mind? Who do you want to be, with …
Ron Edmondson provides five constructive steps: Here are 5 ways to respond at the outset of a crisis: Slow down – The general tendency is to speed up, but “haste makes waste”. You need to move quickly, and sometimes you have to put out some initial flames, but as much as you can, slow down …
Mikey Lynch reflects on a recent training event and works through the question of whether culture or strategy is more important in leadership. Though the two aspects can’t be separated, they can be distinguished, and Mikey posits that whichever is your starting point it has to move intentionally to embrace the other as integral to …
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