Tag Archive: coaching

Don’t Tread On Me! The Powerful Desire for Personal Freedom in Business

In our last post we examined several important conflicts between the traditional “command and control” management paradigm and the new, collaborative leadership thinking.  Demand for more creative freedom, self-expression, greater distribution of power, and a strong say in how things are done, (which is being driven by younger workers in particular), are just some of the changes [...]

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The Powerful Role of Consequences When We Are Overwhelmed

I recently attended a presentation of “High Performance: How To Get It. How To Keep It” by Greg Bustin at a Vistage meeting in Orange County. Greg packed a lot of material into his three-plus hour presentation geared around formal planning.  The idea I really sparked to, however, was the notion of consequences.
In designing accountability systems, [...]

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