By Marlene Chism You ask your employees to engage, but they sit there with their arms crossed. You solicit ideas, but no one comes forward. No one seems to know exactly what is expected and everyone seems to pass the buck. If you see any of these drama indicators, it’s likely that there is a [...]
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The recent theme at Lead on Purpose is trust. This focus has come primarily from reading The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey. He discusses the concept of building a trust account, which is similar to a bank account. By behaving in ways that build trust you make deposits, by behaving in ways that destroy trust you [...]
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How do you effectively develop trust in your organization? Trust is built over time as you follow through with the promises you make. Your credibility — the quality or power of inspiring belief — grows in much the same way. The principles of trust and credibility are tightly linked and build on each other. In his [...]
Filed under: Integrity, Leadership, Trust | Tagged: capabilities, character, competence, credibility, Integrity, intent, principles, results, Stephen M.R. Covey | 5 Comments »
One of the most important characteristics of leadership is integrity. Integrity is a “steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.” It means you are true to your word in all you do and people can trust you because you do what you say. The word integrity has deep meaning and is often intermingled [...]
Filed under: Integrity, Leadership, Trust | Tagged: character, honesty, Integrity, John Wooden, truthfulness | 1 Comment »
Successful people are driven to increase their performance and expand their abilities. They understand the need to work hard in areas for which they have great passion. Regardless of how many things you want to accomplish, you must focus on the most important and let other things — which in the right context may be [...]
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One of the common threads throughout Lead on Purpose is that people are assets. Their skills, knowledge, intellect, character and integrity provide the primary value to their company. Every positive outcome that transpires in any organization is a result of efforts of the people therein. Technology and automation certainly improve the work people do; however, [...]
Filed under: Integrity, Knowledge, Leadership, Product Management / Marketing, Team Building | Tagged: character, Good to Great, intellect, Jim Collins, Level 5 Leadership, opportunities, people are assets, success | Leave a Comment »
In most organizations the word “asset” is linked to their technology IP, products or other items that end up on the balance sheet. The traditional accounting equation drives this mindset. So it’s no wonder that when organizations plan their investments they focus on improving their traditional assets and their bottom line. In my recent article [...]
Filed under: Integrity, Knowledge, Leadership | Tagged: assets, character, Human Life Value, investing in people, skills | 1 Comment »
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