by lightnw9 | Oct 19, 2020 | Facilitation, Leadership, Strategy
Leaders seem to have a love/hate relationship with one-day or two-day meetings. Often, they lean toward the hate side because the extended sessions can become like the other boring meetings they attend (or possibly lead?) only much longer. The flip side are leaders...
by lightnw9 | Sep 13, 2020 | Alignment, Guest Post, Leadership
Consider Aligning on 5 key points before getting down to executing your strategy. Alignment suggests that as leaders we have completed the painstaking process of developing strategy that makes sense for the market and our place in it. We may wish to be “first at...
by lightnw9 | Aug 20, 2020 | Book Review, Leadership, Strategy
If you want to become a better leader, you need some powerful ideas to help on your journey. This list of twelve titles from eight trusted sources is a good start. Leaders are readers so, together with your coach or on your own, pick a book from the list and finish...
by lightnw9 | Apr 8, 2020 | Execution, Facilitation, Leadership
Do you ever feel stuck? You are running a great business, but not feeling like you are achieving the right goals. You are putting too much energy into methods that just aren’t yielding results. If you are spending more time treading water and less time moving forward,...
by lightnw9 | Mar 21, 2020 | Book Review, Leadership
On my short list of must-read books are a couple written by Patrick Lencioni. One of those, focused on the leadership qualities required to run a healthy organization, is The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. Why is this book important? Because it...
by lightnw9 | Jan 15, 2020 | Delegation, Leadership
I’m too busy. I’ll do it myself. I love doing it… why hand off the task? My team is already swamped, why give them another job? As a leadership advisor, I’ve heard it all – from managers at Fortune 500 companies to energized entrepreneurs. What amazes me about most...
