It seems there is always too much to do and too little time. Sometimes when we end the day or year, and look back, we wonder, what did we DO? Where did the time go?
Doing” is the thing that moves you or your team or your community forward. An interesting and useful question to reflect [...]
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D is for Doing – Introduction
Posted in ABC's of Leadership, Leaders on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Balance Tool – Wheel of Leadership/Management
Posted in ABC's of Leadership, Leaders, Tools on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sample segments to balance for a management and leadership (click for wheel):
organizing and staffing
planning
budgeting
controlling
promoting order
promoting change
setting vision
aligning people
motivating and inspiring
This wheel is from exercises in the book, “Co-Active Coaching, New Skills for Coaching People Towards Success in Work and Life“, by Laura Witwroth, Henry Kimsey-House and Phil Sandal.
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The Harvard Business Review Article, “What Makes [...]
Backwards Career
Posted in Leaders, Life on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My career ran backwards. Rather than a later achievement, I had traditional success earlier in my career. Relatively speaking, I made more money, managed a large group of professionals, traveled the world and was quoted in trade publications. I started as a software engineer and quickly ran up the management chain from engineer to director [...]
G is for Generalist – Addendum
Posted in Leaders, Life on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The last newsletter, G is for Generalist, seemed to resonate with quite a few people. An additional skill that was suggested to be added for the Generalist was — Be Confident. Other phrases were “Fake it till you make it”, “Pretend you are an expert”, “Have confidence you can learn it”. I agree! I do [...]
Quiting full-time Corporate USA
Posted in Leaders, Life on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I often say I did my career backwards. By the time I was in my thirties I had a budget of almost 20 Million and 100 professionals working for me. About five years later. I quit being a full time corporate USA employee. The moment the thought of quitting entered my mind, it was crystal [...]
Leadership ABC’s
Posted in Leaders on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My newsletter Elements has a theme of ABC! Each newsletter features one alphabet letter that represents a topic related to Leadership. What prompted this for me is the belief that leadership is natural and easy and unique to each individual once you understand your personal style. It’s simple, but there are no cookie cutter leaders. [...]
