As Patrick Lencioni said in his book The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, “Fear of Conflict” is one of the things that can cripple a team. I used to avoid conflict because it made me feel uncomfortable, over the last few…
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Get In The Ring: Embracing Healthy Conflict In Your Team
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: conflict, growth, honesty, Lencioni, Paul, ring, team building
Excitement in Change
Russ talked about “The Fear of Change” the other day. There is also an excitement in change, because those updates will allow me to do something I couldn’t do before. I like Russ’ quote from Lao Tzu, a philosopher and…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: challenges, change, embrace change, excitement in change, fear of change, growth, progress, reality
Organizational Culture
Maintaining a consistent organizational culture is difficult to do when you are experiencing growth. Companies that franchise spend a lot of money to ensure that their culture and product quality are transferred to every new location, and they have a…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: communication, community, culture, franchise, growth, organizational culture, purpose, training, values
Improve Yourself
In a recent Success Magazine (www.success.com), John Maxwell writes a great article called “Improve Yourself“. He shares 4 things that leaders need to do to understand self-improvement: #1) It’s the first step to improving everything else: “If you are not…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: comfort zone, commitment, Discipline, Focus, growth, John Maxwell, personal growth, self improvement, Success Magazine
Leadership and Sustainability
Sustainability is often defined as creating a balance between social responsibility, economic prosperity and environmental conservation. The term is used as the “ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their…
