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Leadership Tip: Want to Be a Bright Light in Your Organization’s Power Grid? Be Shirley!

Time to Read: 2.5 mins… Every organization has an org chart which shows the management hierarchy and reporting relationships, usually in some form of pyramid structure, which most employees are familiar with. Every organization also has a “Power Grid” which is almost never mapped out or even thought about. Yet it is the Power Grid […]

Leadership Tip: What Are Your Spheres of Influence?

Time to Read: 1 min… We all have them. Everybody is part of several spheres in which they have influence. Definition: “a field or area in which an individual has power to affect events and developments.”The most obvious area is at work where, as a leader, you have direct influence over those who report to you. […]

What Leaders Can Learn from Goldfish and Rottweilers

Time to Read: 2 mins… Metaphors and word pictures fascinate me. I seem to grasp ideas faster and better when I form an image in my mind of an issue that I’m interested in. Recently I ran across two articles which used powerful images that brought recent events into sharp focus for me and made me […]

Serve Up Some Kind Words Today

Time to Read: 1 min… The following short email string, with just the names redacted, was sent by a nurse to the Lead Cook at a health care facility. The cook doesn’t report to the nurse, they just work together in each of their respective roles. But the nurse noticed and wanted to acknowledge the […]

How to Lead When Everything Will Be Different – 3 Things You Can Do

Time to Read: 2 mins… A tiny virus is creating massive change. The worldwide scale and the lack of an immediate cure for COVID-19 means that our fundamental systems are being challenged and shaken. Your team, your organization, and the world around you are shifting and morphing in order to survive. Your leadership must change […]

Work From Home Tips

Time to Read: 1 min… Due to COVID-19 we all are having to make a lot of adjustments to our work and personal lives. Not the least of which, for many leaders, is having to work from home. For those who have a home office, it’s business as usual. But, for a great many people, […]

How to Lead Through Dark Times

Time to Read: 2 mins… When you are dealing with sudden changes, your people are looking for answers and support in two main areas: HEAD – what’s the problem and what’s our plan?As a leader, your people look to you to be clearheaded, have a steady hand, and show the way forward.Questions your people will […]

Create an Updraft

Time to Read: 2 mins… One of the requirements of effective leadership is to provide hope and encouragement. To boost your team’s confidence and help them see the pathway forward. To create updrafts that will speed individuals, teams and the whole organization toward success. If you want to paraglide, you need an updraft to get […]