“To inspire performance rather than manage performance, we must give people something they can believe in” The Management Innovation Exchange (MIX): Getting Performance Without Performance Management, November 2012 (www.managementexchange.com) Typical Client Consultation Exchange – I recall a number of consultations with clients over the years to do with performance management (improvement). One in particular that […]
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Why Conscious Leadership Is The New Management Imperative
“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness…is a matter of choice.” – Jim Collins author of From Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make The Leap…& Others Don’t What do current top business leaders of long-standing highly successful companies have in common? They all made the shift to a New Way of Leading that […]
From Good To Great Communication: What the latest skills workshops can’t offer
[Please note that this is the first of a two-part article — click here for link to Part 2…] Have you ever experienced an amazing communicator? Perhaps a leader of a game-changing company, a gifted professor or how about an inspiring world leader? What did it feel like? Beyond being informed, how were you moved […]
Self-Awareness for a “creative economy”: The biggest opportunity for business leaders today
“We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” – Anais Nin “The more you know, the more you realize you know nothing.” – Socrates I watched a TED talk with Kathryn Schulz about how most of us will do virtually anything to avoid being wrong. Schulz, the author of Being […]
Why Coaching In The Workplace?
August, 2012 What is Coaching? The process of equipping people with the tools, knowledge, and opportunities they need to fully develop themselves to be effective in their commitment to themselves, the company, and their work. A “designed alliance” focused on developing an individual to become their “best self” and to contribute their “best fit” and […]