Increasing Performance Through Motivation
What it is and why it is important. Motivation is an internal desire and force ...
Helping Others Grow Strategy
Igniting The Strategic Spark In Others If the whole purpose of leadership is to leverage ...
Coaching: The Heart of Management
When you hear the word Coaching, what comes to mind? You may see and treat ...
Functional Leadership Teams
The senior management team is the social and cultural engine that drives organization performance. Senior ...
Executive Team Development
Is it possible for people at the senior leadership level of your organization to work as a cohesive team?
The Leadership Ring
The true essence of leadership cannot be captured with just one symbol or analogy. There are many symbols, images, and analogies that represent leadership, but one symbol that stands out in my mind and captures the true nature of leadership is a circular ring; specifically because of its physical characteristics, universal use, variety in styles, as well as purposes.
Goal Theory and Coaching
“Hey you. Yeah, you over there. What are you doing?” “If I don’t see that ...
Eat Miso Soup First!?
“Why don’t they stay focused?” “Why do they stick to such an incidental point?” “Why do they quickly jump to action without careful consideration of associated matters?” These are typical frustrations that we may often sense coming from either Westerners or Japanese – or both. Through my experience in bilingual facilitation support for global corporations opening in Japan, I’ve come to believe that the cause for such frustration is not simply a matter of language, but rather a matter of differences in underlying beliefs and thought patterns that subliminally affect people’s behavior.
“Whack -a -Mole” Management
While watching one of my grandchildren play Whack - a - Mole at an amusement park I was struck with how much fun the child was having being busy. The smile on his face, the effort he expended in trying to smack the mole as soon as it popped up, and the excitement in his voice as he screamed with joy all told me that the ageless game has as much appeal today as it did many years ago when I played it as a child. Whack - a - Mole, the game, is fun and perhaps a good exercise to develop hand-eye coordination. Whack - a - Mole, the business practice, is a sure recipe for ineffectiveness and ultimate failure.
