Posts Tagged ‘high performers’
3 Steps to Team Alignment
How often have you worked with a team that isn’t on the same page? This familiar work situation of being misaligned is not the team’s fault, but the leader/manager’s responsibility. What Elements are required for Team Alignment? 1. Purpose 2. Culture 3. Values When any of these three elements are out of alignment, the result…
Read MoreLeadership Stories we Tell Ourselves and Teach Others
Often we’ve written a script in our heads that may or may not be true. But this script can be limiting us from attaining our full potential. In this linked post (Is Your “Story” Holding You Back? Six Ways to Rewrite It—and Supercharge Your Power by Nancy D. O’Reilly, PsyD) we discover ways our stories are…
Read MoreSeven Steps to Collaboration in Disagreement
When all parties are agreeable, collaboration is easy. It is when the parties are not agreeable that a leader goes to work. Disagreements can come from many sources and for many reasons, but the key to connecting opposing positions starts with understanding all sides. How can a leader create a collaborative effort when disagreement is…
Read MoreGreat Endings yield Great Beginnings
December 31, 2014 is my final day at Eli Lilly FCU (soon to be know as Elements Financial). Rumors of my retirement at premature, it just isn’t in my DNA. Rich 4.0 (see http://leading2leadership.com/2014/08/02/rich-4-0-the-reinvention-of-self/) will be working as an independent strategy consultant or with a progressive bank/credit union vendor. My core competencies include the following:…
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