Burnout is rough. You know that feeling when you’re sitting on the couch in the evening and dread going to work in the morning. Or the Saturday that you tell yourself that the weekend is almost over and you’re that much closer to having to go to work. You’re burned out and need . . . → Read More: Burnout: Things are Just Going Wrong
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There’s a good reason that the Scott Adams cartoon, Dilbert, has a character called “Mordac The Preventer of Information Systems”. I’ve heard many disparaging comments about I.T. departments in general and in the last 3 weeks I’ve been at my wits end trying to get a project approved in our I.T. department. From Scott Adam’s Dilbert I.T. . . . → Read More: How Can I.T. Become a True Business Partner? The most common corporate buzzwords that I’ve been hearing over the last year are “transformation and “disrupt”. Companies are focusing on how to create a competitive advantage in this tough economic downturn. Markets have been shrinking during this 22 month recession and any advantage must come from focusing on business infrastructure in the reduction of capital . . . → Read More: The Plural of Anecdote is Not Data  Leave a comment  Business Philosophy, Career Development, Change Management, Corporate Culture  attitude, busines leadership, business, business culture, business philosophy, Change Management, Corporate Culture, Decision Making, effective leadership, leadership, leadership development, leadership skill, management, management leadership, Organizational Change, professional development, transformational leadership When I first heard about the modified Pecha Kucha exercise that I was invited to participated in (see Pecha Kucha on Summer Vacation) I wondered “what kind of nonsense is this?”. I first had to look on Wikipedia to figure out what it was. I’m not one for gimmicks, and this seemed like . . . → Read More: The Pecha Kucha Experiment Leave a comment Career Development, Communications, General Thoughts busines leadership, business communications, business culture, business philosophy, Communications, Corporate Culture, leadership coaching, leadership development, leadership qualities, leadership styles, management, management leadership, professional development The economic downturn drags on and the job market has gotten tough. There is a lot of speculation that the economy is at or near a bottom of this slump but how long will we stay there until recovery begins? Companies continue to let very talented people go as they hunker down against slower . . . → Read More: Hiring During a Talent Glut One comment Business Philosophy, Corporate Culture, General Thoughts busines leadership, business, business culture, business philosophy, Corporate Culture, Decision Making, effective leadership, hiring talent, Job Search, leadership development, management, management leadership, organizational leadership It’s the spring of 2009 and the economy is in the dumper. The average American family’s wealth has dropped by 18% and California’s unemployment rate has topped 10%. Just about everyone in Silicon Valley knows someone who has been laid off from, what were once, promising economic high flying companies and employees are feeling . . . → Read More: Managing in an Environment of Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) One comment Business Philosophy, Change Management, Communications, Corporate Culture attitude, busines leadership, business, business communications, business culture, business philosophy, Change Management, Communications, conflict, Corporate Culture, crisis, doubt, effective leadership, fear, FUD, leadership coaching, leadership development, leadership qualities, leadership skill, leadership styles, management, Organizational Change, organizational leadership, situational leadership, Uncertainty I’ve known many leaders that are extremely protective of their staff. You know, those managers who people go to when they’re struggling with problems or have gotten themselves in trouble. These “paternal” leaders often provide answers and approaches to problems that are clear an easy to follow. The loyal follower just goes off and executes on . . . → Read More: Paternal Leadership One comment Business Philosophy, Corporate Culture, General Thoughts busines leadership, business culture, career developement, Corporate Culture, effective leadership, leadership coaching, leadership development, leadership qualities, leadership skills, leadership styles, management, management leadership, organizational leadership, what is leadership After goals are crisply defined for an organizational transformation there are some crucial elements of a group that have to be evaluated. A leader has to look at the existing team and assess the gaps between the articulated goals and what is being delivered today. This analysis should include potential system and process requirements . . . → Read More: Changing an Organization’s Goals Organizational transition, transformation, turn around. There are many euphemisms to describe the act of changing an organization. What do they mean? It is popular for people to describe themselves as “change agents” but they are usually referring to some very clever ideas they’ve implemented in existing organizations to increase value incrementally. This is evolution, to be . . . → Read More: The Need For Organizational Change Wow, its been a busy summer. So much so that I have not been able to practice what I preach and write my thoughts down. I have at least maintained my reading schedule to keep myself semi-sane (and for those of you who know me well, that’s even a stretch). I picked up an interesting book . . . → Read More: Stress, how do we deal with it? |
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