Rob is a hard working manager. He is driven and has given his best to his company. He has been promoted because of the unique skillset he brings: technical engineering knowledge; passion for the customer; and effective people and presentation skills. By working hard in the trenches, Rob had climbed the ladder and taken on P&L responsibilities. Soon after taking a general manager role for...
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Here are 10 mistakes newly promoted executives make: Failure to realize you need to shift gears. You need to step back and reconfigure your world while you are accelerating to 180 miles an hour. Trying to keep your former peers as friends. You need to structure a series of individual and team conversations to build new ways of going forward and lead. Being too impressed...
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Connecting the dots and the kaleidoscoping art is a muscle I practice. I watch what appears on the canvas and wonder about the relationships between these seemingly unrelated data points. Connecting the dots, deciphering themes and applying these themes to your work is a critical component in developing your strategic innovation. On July 4th I noted an unusual occurrence. For many days prior to July...
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Imagine discovering one day, after having lived with your partner for 32 years, that she is a highly-talented artistic painter and that she is creating amazing paintings. What would you do? This is after all is my subject: “How do you help people liberate their creativity and potential to express and realize their gifts?” is the question I’ve been working on for 30 years. Discover...
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Jeremy and Justin were both bright sales managers. There was no way to predict the difference in their results. But a thorough debriefing of how they each applied themselves revealed the mystery and explained their results. Discover how high performers engage growth opportunities to surprise themselves and the people around them. © Aviv Shahar
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Personal mastery is one of the objects of life’s journey. You face challenges and are given opportunities and you learn how you respond, and how to make decisions. We’ve all made smart and also not so smart decisions. Decision making should be taught early in life as a fundamental skill. But unless you’ve had an enlightened mentor it’s unlikely you practiced the knowhow to avoid...
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As coaching entered the business arena, coaches were asked at first to offer remedial help. They were hired to help “fix” people with “problems,” especially individuals whom managers did not know how to manage or motivate toward higher performance or creativity. Coaching became mainstream in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when companies realized that the best coaching application and ROI was to support top...
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It’s time for a spring clean-up, tune-up and reboot to make this the year of dramatic improvements. What got you here clearly served you well but it will not be sufficient to create the future you are capable of realizing – the future you were born to manifest. You now need to build new practices, engage new “muscles,” and embark on new possibilities. Discover in...
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Here are some highlights about leadership from the Davos Global Shapers panel: The young leaders were asked: What does leadership mean for you? What leadership are you looking for? Their comments about what Leadership is about included the following: Facilitating others in achieving the best results together Bringing forward wisdom and inspiration Creating a culture of mutual support and generosity that allows people to flourish...
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