On my very first exploratory interview, I asked the following question, "Do you have any suggestions for me as I start this project?" She replied, "I simply thought about where I felt that I could make the greatest contribution in life and go there."
This sounds to me like leverage. How do you most greatly leverage your interests,skills, relationships for the good or purpose?
Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Caused leaders...
The statistics are staggering. One study I read recently by the folks at Hogan, indicated that 65% managers will fail. Said another way, these leaders who are leading corporate America will fail. Hogan indicates that you must have a strong ability to build a team, to be a strong leader. In my past experience, the key to successful team building includes the following:
* Clear vision of what the team wants to accomplish, so people can plug in.
* Strong set of goals for the team to accomplish
* Team norms, which allow folks to feel safe and secure. Norms like fierce conversations, vulenerability, trust and dependence.
* Team denotes everyone is a contributor, everyone on the team needs to know how they contribute.
These are significant steps toward building strong leadership in your organization.
* Clear vision of what the team wants to accomplish, so people can plug in.
* Strong set of goals for the team to accomplish
* Team norms, which allow folks to feel safe and secure. Norms like fierce conversations, vulenerability, trust and dependence.
* Team denotes everyone is a contributor, everyone on the team needs to know how they contribute.
These are significant steps toward building strong leadership in your organization.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Revisiting the Magic Wand exercise...
A few monthts ago, I wrote about waving the magic wand. The exercise was about listing off everything I wanted in my job and life. I went back through the document I put together and realized that my new role has the potential to hit everything on my list. It is testimony of the importance of documenting goals and revisiting goals. In reality, this is really a life vision and a vision for work.
If you do not risk dreaming about a preferred future, you greatly reduce the chance to reach that vision. If you are adrift in the daily activities with no clear picture of the future, you slowly find yourself backed into a corner or in a ditch. I am thrilled about the picture of the future. There is five year potential for advancement, for linchpin like realities, to excel and to really be engaged in my work.
My challenge is to revisit this magic wand exercise every month to see how things are coming along.
If you do not risk dreaming about a preferred future, you greatly reduce the chance to reach that vision. If you are adrift in the daily activities with no clear picture of the future, you slowly find yourself backed into a corner or in a ditch. I am thrilled about the picture of the future. There is five year potential for advancement, for linchpin like realities, to excel and to really be engaged in my work.
My challenge is to revisit this magic wand exercise every month to see how things are coming along.
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