Reading time: about 3 minutes Last week we talked about mindset; what it means and why it’s so popular right now. This week I’d like to think about how we can operationalize a shift in mindset. But before we get to that let’s talk about a possible...
Reading Time: 3 minutes. Recently I’ve been chatting with people about mindset. OK, so that’s not really news, but what is news is who those conversations have been with. The people I’ve been chatting with aren’t clients, not even potential clients. and the conversations are about...
Reading Time: 3 minutes. In 1914 Arthur Quiller-Couch gave a lecture on writing at Cambridge University. He probably never imagined a phrase he uttered that day would still be quoted over a 100 years later, but his phrase – murder your darlings – is still good...
Reading Time: 2 Minutes. According to Plato, one of the many phrases of wisdom that Socrates gave us is this one: the unexamined life is not worth living. I didn’t know Socrates, but I’m guessing if that sounds harsh it was meant to. Socrates, after all was...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last week I ended the blog on change management by saying every time we interact with team members is a chance to grow a leader. This time I’d like to think about how we create leaders in the face of a mistake. The Guardian carried a...
I’ve never seen the research to back up the often quoted “70% of change projects fail” stat, but anecdotally I’ve come across enough examples of change that didn’t work to agree all’s not going smoothly in change land. Crack that problem and I’d say you’ve done...
Hello and welcome to blog 3. If you’re new to this series, here’s where you can catch up on blog 1 and blog 2. And if you’re ready for blog 3, let’s jump into it. The Worldview Barometer So the question becomes this: how do we...
Welcome back to our three part blog on observing without judgment. In case you missed blog 1 you can find it here. If you’ve got that blog under your belt, let’s move on with blog 2. The Worldview Filter The thing that makes observing without judgment tough...
Observing Without Judgment It’s the quality of a leadership mindset that gets the most kick back in the consulting I do. “Observing without judgment?” Lori Leader might say, “Surely the job of a leader is to act. To make the tough decisions and see them through.” She...
Last time I introduced the concept of a strategic mindset. If you missed it, you can find the blog here. This time I’d like to start thinking about the three steps of seeing the dots, connecting the dots, and making meaning of the dots and what...