Leading Beyond the Chain of Command
“Leaders need to understand that some of their ability to lead a team comes from the tendency of people to respect the chain of command. But to really reach the next level of organizational [...]
The Revolving Door: Reducing Employee Churn – Part 2
As stated in Part 1 of this article, experiencing excessive turnover costs employers a substantial amount of money every year including recruiting, temporary workers, and lost productivity. Turnover can also negatively impact non-financial components [...]
The Revolving Door: Reducing Employee Churn – Part 1
One of the biggest headaches that leaders of organizations face is high employee turnover. Turnover is expensive in multiple ways, from hard costs such as recruitment, and hiring temporary contract workers to costs that [...]
The Value of a True Influencer
"Rowing a race is an art, not a frantic scramble. It must be rowed with head power as well as hand power." George Pocock The book “The Boys in the Boat” recounts the exploits [...]
Living In Reality
“Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.” Paul Simon – The Boxer The sprinter Eric Liddell is most famous for the portrayal of his early life in the [...]
Seeing Past Our Blinders
“For leaders there is an organizational responsibility to attempt to recognize our biases, or at least recognize the thinking traps that lead to biased conclusions. This is especially critical when it involves decisions about [...]
Humility + Will
Level 5 leadership was defined as the highest form of leader and the style present in all the great companies and in none of the comparison companies. Twenty-three years after its initial publication, Good [...]
The Loneliness Factor
When I was a hospital executive, each year I would look forward with anticipation for the annual employee engagement survey process to begin. The responses were a valuable measure of the internal views of [...]
The Right Kind of Conflict
Several years ago, my wife and I were living in Nashville with our youngest son. Our two older adult sons were also living in the same city. Our family would frequently go together on [...]