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Need A Productivity Breakthrough? Try a Lean Conversation
For the last 4 years or so we have developed a set of ideas we call Lean Conversations. The fundamental notion is that academicians, consultants, leaders, and managers in our culture have focused on and accomplished tremendous gains in productivity through process improvement, supply chain management, IT, and a host of manufacturing concepts… Read more
Leadership: Being ‘Acutely Clear’
“If you expect performance, then make it ’acutely clear’ so people have the opportunity to succeed.” — Jim Moats A very thoughtful leader, friend, and fellow Vistage Chair posted, “The Way Things Work” on his Peer Place blog and got me thinking about a provocative question one of our CEO clients asked the other day. We were… Read more
Posted in Accelerate: The Book, Communication and Leadership
Tagged 2130 Partners, Accelerate: High Leverage Leadership for Today's World, Accelerate: The Book, Dwight Frindt, executive coaching, executive leadership, executive leadership development, job performance, leadership, Leadership Development
Leadership: Do You Compete or Collaborate?
On a recent evening in a beach bar on a quiet bay in the Grenadines where our sailboat was anchored for the night, I met a gentle soul named Alvin who was native born and raised on the island. Despite the idyllic setting, Alvin was a troubled man. On the surface, he had little education, jobs are scarce, and he is in a desperate struggle… Read more
Leadership and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
What I have been seeing in the past six weeks or so among my clients is what I would call, “The Paradox of the Double Dip.” Let me explain. As you all know the economy and financial markets crashed badly. In March we saw “the low” and the economy was supposed to be on the road to recovery. Now we are seeing another down trend and the… Read more
Is There A Common Global Language For Leadership?
Have you ever wondered whether there is any common language that exists for all humans and, if so, how knowing about that language might help you be a more effective as a leader? Well, there is and researchers have called it “deep metaphors.” In the November/December 2008 issue of Spirituality & Health magazine, Managing Editor Betsy… Read more
5 Top CEO Challenges
In May I was forwarded an email written by Shama Kabani (@Shama). Here is the opening of the email: “I just got back from The Leaders of Tomorrow conference at St. Gallen in Switzerland. It was a fantastic trip, and I gleaned some great nuggets of business wisdom from the world’s best. One particular session I really enjoyed was presented by… Read more
From Delusional to Powerful Leadership Language
Many of the statements and conversations that pass for normal today are filled with words and phrases that have no power and fill the conversational space with the false implication of action. This type of communication seems to keep the speaker from being present to his or her own experience and commitment, (or, more likely, lack… Read more
Posted in Communication and Leadership
Tagged communication, communication skills, Dwight Frindt, leadership, leadership language
Lean Conversations For Productivity Breakthroughs
Let’s talk about a set of ideas we have been evolving for several years that we call Lean Conversations. The fundamental notion is that academicians, consultants, leaders, and managers in our culture have focused on and accomplished tremendous gains in productivity through process improvement, supply chain management, IT, and a host of… Read more