Leaders are increasingly challenged to preserve balance between their corporate responsibilities and their personal core values. The inability to sustain this balance can cause conflicts for the leader and confusion for those who depend on her or him. A prolonged imbalance can breed distrust in a team. One way to help leaders preserve balance is for them to measure the energy and skill invested in their key activities versus the benefits they receive back from …
Many leaders believe that strong leadership and a clear plan are enough to align their people and muster the energy they need to act. But when people don’t seem to get your message, look first to yourself. When people know where they are headed, they typically try to move in that direction. When everyone is pursuing the same goals and they are encouraged to achieve great things, enthusiasm grows and energy is invested. People want …
Often, the problem that leaders think they have is not the real problem. If they understood their real problem, then they would fix it. The fact that the problem still exists is a likely indicator that the real issue remains unresolved. The symptoms of their problem are more visible so that becomes the focus of their work. Are you working on your symptoms, unaware of the real issue? It’s that time when the past year’s …
