How do you kickoff a new project?
Do you begin with a kickoff to review scope, schedule, budget, and the typical related activities?High Performing Teams do it differently. They talk about how they will work together and come to an agreement.This small step makes a big difference!It helps avoid...Job Seekers: Here are 5 Steps to make your job search a learning experience.
Life is about learning and growing. Repeating what works. Improving what doesn’t work [the first time].So why should the job search process be any different than your continuous improvement process at your last job?Here are 5 tips to ensure you learn [and...The CEO is the ultimate Change Sponsor. 5 ways to nail this role.
✅ Communicate a clear vision that energizes the organization✅ Build a strong capable cross-functional team to lead the change initiative✅ Get your hands dirty and do any job necessary to help guide the organization through the change✅ Listen to the people impacted by...CEOs and Leaders: How high on your list of priorities is building a high-trust organization or team?
“A high-trust organization is one in which employees feel safe to take risks, express themselves freely, and innovate”. Harvard Business Review.“When trust is instilled in an organization, tasks get accomplished with less difficulty because people are more likely to...CEOs and Leaders: Do you have a high-trust organization? Here are 3 ways to improve the trust of your people.
If you missed yesterday’s post, look back to see the impact of having a high-trust organization. It’s shocking.Today, we will focus on ways to build trust. This information comes from a Harvard Business Review article that I will provide a link to in the comments.🎯...Job hunters: How good of a poker face do you have?
Finding a job can cause anxiety as it rarely aligns with your preferred timeline. Approach it like a skilled card player by avoiding revealing desperation on platforms like LinkedIn, at networking events, and in job interviews.You want to avoid showing signs of...Change Myth: Organizational change must start with executives and be pushed down throughout the organization to be successful
.Disclaimer: I’ve held this belief at times, but it doesn’t have to be this way.Organizational change must be pushed down from the top to be successful, when:❌ The cost of the proposed change is larger than divisional budgets.❌ Executives make operational...Change Leaders: What do elephants and riders have to do with effective change initiatives?
Conventional psychology tells us that our brains have two independent system at work simultaneously: the emotional side and the rational side.The emotional side provide us with instincts, pain, and pleasure. The rational side provides us with reflective, analytical,...January 26 is Lotus 1-2-3 day, to celebrate the release of this popular spreadsheet.
📌 VisiCalc was the first electronic spreadsheet introduced in 1979. It replaced large paper spreadsheets, but it only did numbers.📌 Lotus 1-2-3 was introduced in 1983, sold for $495, and combined numbers with charts and simple database functions.📌 Microsoft Excel was...