It’s natural for employees to analyze job assignments in terms of self interest Leaders must help employees connect their goals to the higher purpose of the organization What’s in It…

Values communicate the ways we make decisions as we pursue our Vision through our MissionValues are vital as a guidance mechanism for Mission and VisionOrganizations develop different types of Values…

Vision Provides Leaders a Tool for Organizational Alignment When Paired with Mission, Vision Creates Intense Focus Sense of Purpose Engages an Organization’s Members, Producing Improved Outcomes Vision: Churchill had it,…

Mission gives organizations a powerful compass Clarity is a key to engagement Mission Statements, properly executed, provide leaders with a powerful clarity tool to deliver high performance Recently, I had…

Efficacy, a Reflection of Beliefs, Control Behaviors thus Determining PerformanceOrganizations Need to Invest in Growing Member EfficacyMilestones Provide Important Inflection Points in the Effort to Build Efficacy Organizations with constructive…

Leaders’ Ability to Help Others Change Their Viewpoint Key to Generating Higher Performance Inner Beliefs Have Strong Influence in Outer ActionsTwo different people with the same talents, skills, and competencies.…

How many companies do you know that say, “Our people are our most important asset”? Does that mean that they are at least as important as their customers? The question…

Employee engagement is crucial to outperforming competitors Simple Steps in Servant Leadership is a key factor in obtaining engagement Workers are acutely aware of leadership’s actions on their behalf The…

Leaders in the United Kingdom in the first half of the 20th Century tended to operate with a highly risk-averse, fixed mindset approach. They suffered from significant blinders in terms…

Driving Accountability When leaders in some organizations speak the phrase “hold people accountable,” that message often gets translated by the receiver as “who can we point to when this thing…