Leaders want dialog. You want the ability to discuss, debate, shape and influence a decision before it is made. The people you lead — or your teenage daughter, or the committee members at church, or the division heads of your organization — want the same thing with you. Honest, open dialog facilitates shared leadership. Leaders […]
The longer I live and the more places I visit, the more I appreciate changes in season. This week the weather in Orlando, Florida, where I live, shifted from dark-soggy-winter-chill to warm-bright-spring. The change naturally invites me to be outdoors more, leave work a bit early, and enjoy some long bike rides. My motivation wasn’t […]
In today’s new rules of work, getting meaningful work done is no longer place-centric or position-centric, but people-centric. The use of social media, not just for play, but as a primary platform for work-related interaction, has accelerated the shift from top-down hierarchies to flatter networks. Every organization has informal networks — back channels — that […]