Conscious Leadership Scenario: About half of new executive transitions are considered failures within two years. But why? I’ve coached hundreds of struggling executives over the years and almost every time their failure is a surprise. The story usually goes something like this: they’ve been high performers their entire careers. As they moved up, they alwaysContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – How Transformational Leaders Get Their Team Back on Track”
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Conscious Leadership – PART FIVE: You Will Never Be a Great Leader, Here is Why
Conscious Leadership Scenario: PART FOUR of Why You Will Never Be a Great Leader addressed the foundation of what every great team must face, Avoidance of Accountability. [you can find PART FOUR in our archived library] Like so, many other aspects of life, teamwork comes down to mastering a set of behaviors that are atContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – PART FIVE: You Will Never Be a Great Leader, Here is Why”
Conscious Leadership – PART THREE: You Will Never Be a Great Leader, Here is Why
Conscious Leadership Scenario: PART TWO of Why You Will Never Be a Great Leader addressed the foundation of every great team-fear of Conflict [you can find PART TWO in our archived library] Like many other aspects of life, teamwork comes down to mastering a set of behaviors that are at once theoretically uncomplicated but extremelyContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – PART THREE: You Will Never Be a Great Leader, Here is Why”
Conscious Leadership – PART TWO: You Will Never Be a Great Leader, Here is Why
Conscious Leadership Scenario: PART ONE of why you will never be a great leader addressed the foundation of every great team-absence of trust. Read PART ONE first, if you have not already. Like in many other aspects of life, teamwork comes down to mastering a set of behaviors that are at once theoretically uncomplicated butContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – PART TWO: You Will Never Be a Great Leader, Here is Why”
Conscious Leadership – Do They Follow You Because They Feel Your Heartbeat or Fear Your Sword?
Conscious Leadership Scenario: The Top Transformational leaders ask themselves this question each week, “If I was stripped of my title…” The politics of leadership – the power to punish and reward people. Would they still follow me? Would I still get results from them? Leadership Fail: We can become blinded by our titles, blinded to ourContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – Do They Follow You Because They Feel Your Heartbeat or Fear Your Sword?”
Conscious Leadership – Senior Executive Communication in a “Never Enough” Society
Conscious Leadership Scenario: You’ve got a big vision for your company (usually established by your Board of Directors), and you’re building a team to get you there. But when your Senior Executive team gathers, there’s bound to be some misunderstanding. No matter how hard you work, try to improve communication; you wind up having toContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – Senior Executive Communication in a “Never Enough” Society”
Conscious Leadership– Life Is Too Short for Bad Organizational Culture
It’s all lip service until you develop, implement, and execute on a strategy Conscious Leadership Scenario: We spend a third of our adult lives at work. So, it’s no surprise that organizational culture matters deeply. 75.3% of senior executive leaders site culture as their main driver to pursue other organizations. Leadership Fail: Culture is delicate. It’s hard to build and easy toContinue reading “Conscious Leadership– Life Is Too Short for Bad Organizational Culture”
Conscious Leadership–There Is No Crying in Baseball nor Executive Leadership… Yes, There Is and That’s Fine
Conscious Leadership Scenario: About half of new executive transitions are considered failures within two years- but why? I’ve coached hundreds of struggling executives over the years, and almost every time, their failure is a surprise. The story usually goes something like this: They’ve been high performers their entire careers. As they moved up, they alwaysContinue reading “Conscious Leadership–There Is No Crying in Baseball nor Executive Leadership… Yes, There Is and That’s Fine”
Conscious Leadership – Mismatch of Current Talent and Future Strategies
Conscious Leadership Scenario: Business strategies are accelerating quickly. Digital technology, artificial intelligence, and robotics are all changing how we do business. These dramatic changes often force today’s leaders to be more reflective of where a business has been than where it’s going. As a result, the competencies of today’s senior executives don’t always align withContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – Mismatch of Current Talent and Future Strategies”
Conscious Leadership – Harboring Under-Performers
Conscious Leadership Scenario: We witness harboring under-performers all around; from the Executive Teams, to C-suite leadership, all the way to the Board Room. The threshold for uncertainty varies from company to company, but always has a negative impact. It’s always interesting to see how long it plays out. Leadership Fail: Once Senior Executives start toContinue reading “Conscious Leadership – Harboring Under-Performers”