Posts with the ‘Trust’ tag
Confronting your boss is not fun. When I have done it, I have been met with anger, indifference, and/or passive aggressiveness. I have also seen some very positive reactions as well. When I speak to groups about Building A Culture of Leadership within an organization, I always discuss the need for those without the title […]
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at its testing point.” –C.S. Lewis Wow. Opening this post with this quote from C. S. Lewis just heightened my level of attention to a subject that has been watered down through over use and misunderstanding through the years. How do […]
“You are one of my projects. I want to help you and teach you some of the things I’ve learned the hard way.” Mitchel took a drink of his beer, looked at me, nodded and thanked me. I had just transferred to a new geography. Mitchel and I were peers. The only difference was I […]
Bill finally cut bait. He was done coaching Travis. The national sales meeting was the last straw. Travis was astonished. “Why now? I thought the meeting was a huge success.” “Travis, for six months you have paid me for advice, and you have never once tried to follow any of my directions. You nod your […]
The story ended as they all seemed to end, Terry as the hero. The sales team sat quietly and nodded their heads. The story that Terry had meant to use to inspire greatness in his team, fell flat. On The Phone Once in her car, Sandi called Erin to vent. “Has Terry ever made a […]
“We won!!!!” The text message came through as Tim was laying out his guidance to the night shift supervisors. He sent a quick smiley face to his daughter and kept talking. As he pulled into the garage, he knew his wife would not be happy that he was home again after 7:30 PM. He missed […]
Organizational or personal values describe HOW we operate. Many organizations claim to follow certain values because they list them on their websites, or they are on a poster in their offices. However, many employees will say their organization has values published, but admit those companies do not live by them. Why? I believe there are two reasons: […]
“At Acme Inc. our core values are Integrity, Trust, Innovation and Community.” That statement or something similar can be found on just about any organizational website. Most companies and individuals believe having values is important. They say it. So it must be true…Right? Just because a contestant on American Idol claims they can sing doesn’t […]
Over the last 4 weeks I have been sharing my experiences taking over new teams and my insights based on times when I did it well and when I did it poorly. I learned new things each time and believe what I am sharing can help anyone stepping in to lead a new team. The […]
When a new leader steps onto a new team, they have one chance to get it right. I got it right sometimes and other times I didn’t. The effort I put in up front always paid off later in better relationships and more productive teams. Over the last two weeks I focused on what to […]
