What’s the one hallmark skill of most breakthrough organizations? Why do some organizations continue to expand and grow no matter what the economy is doing? I believe successful organizations are better at helping their clients solve their bigger challenges. I wondered can Appreciative Inquiry help your team build more creative…
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How Do We Create a More Engaging Conversation?
Last week, we talked about helping others expand and grow. This week, we help you develop your own engaging conversation. You should understand if there are a hundred people trying to engage each other, they will connect in a hundred different ways. I’ve found people who can help others expand…
Continue Reading....How Expanding Others Can Help You Reach the Stars!
Earlier this week, we talked briefly about expansion. Today, I want to give you a process that helps you engage and empower the people around you. I call this process expanding and it’s designed to help you be a true serving leader. Serving leadership is based on the idea that…
Continue Reading....How Can Serving Entrepreneurs Become More Creative?
I spend significant time working with clients on their strategic thinking. Many of my best clients are CEOs and Managing Directors who are paid for their decision making abilities. As their coach, I am challenged to help them make their best decisions. How can I help them move from their…
Continue Reading....How Do You Leverage Your Team to Make Better Decisions?
Earlier this week we talked about why people struggle to make better decisions. Today, we give you several tools that help you increase the speed and effectiveness of your decision making process. Today serving leaders are faced with more and more decisions than in the past as the speed of…
Continue Reading....How Do You Become a Stronger Decision Maker?
In the age of big data, it is critical that leaders become better decision makers. In the past, good decision making was based on knowing what wasn’t there and how to better manage between potential risks and rewards. As we enter the age of big data and artificial intelligence, leaders…
Continue Reading....What Will Serving Leadership Look Like in Year 2020?
So what does the next generation of business leadership look like? Who will be the big winners in the connected global economy? I’m always asked what qualities I should be developing in our future leaders. As I work with clients on development, succession, and exit plans, the more I’m struck by…
Continue Reading....How Do You Build a Forward Leaning Board?
Earlier this week we talked about the many changes going on in corporate boards. I believe it’s critical for entrepreneurs to have the right people on their leadership teams. I always remind my clients and partners they should be as critical in the selection of their board as they are…
Continue Reading....Wanted: Strong Board to Help Guide Your Organization to Greatness!
This week, we kicked off a series of blogs that discuss how to build a stronger board. The biggest change I’ve seen in the past several years is the changing role of the board. Today, we share several reasons this is happening. I discuss several changes I’ve observed in key…
Continue Reading....How Can You Leverage the Time You Invest in People?
What do the numbers 5, 15, 80 have in common? Why are these numbers important to a serving leader? I hope to share a key idea that will make you more effective as a leader. I can tell some of you won’t like this idea. But those who do will…
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