Putting Real Value into Strategic Planning: Moving Beyond Never-Never Land Strategic planning is not just for the executive suite. By providing a basic foundation for strategic planning that inspires organizational commitment and results, we demonstrate how to implement strategy formulation and adapt it to the specific needs of any organization. We strive to get strategic…
Coaching Leaders by Asking Powerful Questions Feedback results in development only if the leader Understands the feedback Appreciates its importance Identifies specific actions that will lead to improvement Makes a commitment to these actions and Follows through on these plans Coaches can be instrumental in this process. The best coaches lead executives while allowing the…
Why Leaders Need 360 Feedback 360 degree assessment, a formal, structured process for soliciting feedback from coworkers, has grown in popularity throughout the U.S. and abroad. The process provides valuable insight that individuals typically cannot gain from informal conversation with coworkers. Compared to information feedback, 360 feedback offers the following advantages: More Openness…
Goals are the mountains that you say you are going to climb. They are not small tasks, nor do they encompass all work that you will do. Setting Useful Goals In this time of spectacular organizational collapses, caused by leadership failures in organizations such as MCI, Enron, and HealthSouth, organizations need their leaders…
4R Model of Transformational Leadership Transactional Leadership vs. Transformational Leadership The 4R model was developed by Dr. Mark W. McCloskey to depict “the interplay of critical variables in the process of transformational leadership.” The graphic below shows some of the key characteristics of Transactional and Transformational Leadership. While both styles of leadership are useful…
The Golden Ticket Think of your last vacation. Before the pool side margaritas, you bought a ticket. And there weren’t only the 18 holes that came along with it. There were specific rates, options for foreign countries, different fees for different airports, you could change or cancel a ticket; all with just a few…
The Company Everyone knows a Kane County. On the edge of Chicago, Kane marries the rural and city worlds. The county contains the cities of Aurora, Batavia, Elgin, Geneva and surrounding communities. The health department of Kane has a vast array of responsibilities ranging from the oversight of schools for nutrition implementation, to working…
The Company Kaleida Health may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of New York.However, with its five hospitals, 96 clinics, and one million annual patients, we thought there was something in the Big Apple for us to sink our teeth into. Kaleida is the largest health care provider in western…
Creating Resolutions Ellen took The Conflict Lens™ as part of a leadership training course that her company was sponsoring. For the first conflict, she chose to analyze a conflict with a peer, which was ongoing. Despite her best intentions, she had been unable to bring the conflict to a constructive resolution. The second conflict was…
