Core values are a joke if they are not honored. When you don’t practice what you preach, and when you don’t hold others in your organization accountable for honoring your core values, they are worse than meaningless, they are a joke.
Listening is the doorway to learning, but we can’t truly listen unless we are silent.
When we’re too busy with being who and what we are we fail to become who and what we’re meant to be. There are no shortcuts to the hard work of transformation.
Business and social justice don’t always appear in the same sentence, but they should. When the two come together, positive things can happen.
I think it is interesting that many people are more interested in the commercial interruptions during the Super Bowl than they are in the game itself. At work, we are usually as excited about interruptions. What is your attitude about being interrupted?
Seemingly insignificant issues, left unchecked, can develop into substantial problems. So, when confronted with bad behavior or unethical decisions, do you speak up or keep quiet?
The decision to infuse a higher purpose into your culture, one that guides strategic decisions and gives clarity to everyday tasks, is what propels companies to success.
Strong leaders want to know the truth and surround themselves with advisors who will present them with the good, the bad, and the ugly, and then they follow their advice.
Leadership requires you to handle conflicting demands from customers, employees, bosses, family and faith. When you have your priorities right, everything else falls into place.
Transforming your culture requires letting go of the obstacles to the future you want. Transformation means leaving old ways behind in exchange for the greater good that lies ahead.
Mediocrity is the result of lowered expectations when anything better is viewed as impossible. Excellence is achieved by striving for the impossible.
Your “WHY” is your purpose, your north star. Your “WHY” doesn’t change even though the “what” will be constantly changing as circumstances change. When you’re not clear about your “WHY”, you lose your bearings when you get rerouted.
The Unique Value Proposition is the marketing strategy of informing customers about how your brand or product is superior or different to your competitors. It is easier said than done.
Two things that may be getting in the way of planning for your departure are a failure in time management and a failure in humility. Overcoming both are essential for long-term success.
One of the greatest keys to success for a business in the long term is effective succession planning. But many leaders put off planning for their departure, as if that day may never come.
Completing performance appraisals only at year end loses the real value of performance evaluations that comes from a continuous process that happens throughout the year.
Edmund Burke, the Irish statesman and philosopher said, “ Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little .” Do what you can with what you got—nothing more, nothing less.
Nothing is more irritating than for someone to come to a meeting unprepared. It wastes everyone else’s time and makes that person look like a fool.
Wealth is morally neutral, but as MCI-WorldCom, Enron, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, and Purdue Pharma have shown, an unbridled pursuit of wealth can lead to our downfall.
A leader cannot effectively lead others without first leading themself to set and achieve goals that are aligned with his/her purpose. A pre-requisite to this self-leadership is a strong self-image which rests on self-love.
Most people will ignore facts that are contrary to their beliefs and will seek out, interpret, and focus on facts that confirm their preconceptions. It’s called confirmation bias and it should scare us.
When co-workers share a meal it helps build camaraderie, fosters deeper work relationships and boosts productivity. It can be a way to share goals or brainstorm solutions to challenges with others who bring different perspectives.
Healthy, productive organizational cultures don’t just happen. They need to be cultivated. Unfortunately, many organizations identify a few core values they think are good and then “plant” them, hoping they’ll take root. This never works.
Integrity strengthens relationships in teams, with vendors, and customers. When integrity is absent, there is a lack of trust and teamwork implodes.
Compensation systems are designed to attract, retain, and motivate employees, but many plans miss the mark because companies fail to recognize that mission is more important than money.
Be more forgiving because every relationship, whether it be between family members, neighbors, co-workers, or friends, is strengthened by forgiveness and weakened by unforgiveness.
Each of us is a critic but telling someone they’ve done something wrong is not the same thing as achieving the desired result, which usually means the person improves their behavior.
When choosing between what is easy, what is popular and what is right. Choose what is right.
How you deal with praise or criticism, whether deserved or undeserved, defines your character. Your character defines how you will exercise your God-given authority.
Attitudes impact behaviors which impact results. Whether positive or negative, attitudes are developed and when tested, will affect your results. So why not invest in developing positive attitudes?
