“Contribution gets recognized; impact get rewarded.”
Value creators think differently. They go beyond contribution and focus on the impact they can have on customers, employees, and stakeholders. Time to Read: 3 min. Everyone wants to contribute to whatever endeavor they are involved with. Whether it’s work, family, friends, or community, we want to do our bit to help. In an organization, […]
Kevin McKenzie “Sooner or later, it occurs to you that it’s all about your mindset.”
Value creators focus less on the attributes of their skills or offering and more on the problem they can solve. Welcome to the Whatif? Wednesday Thought Letter Time to Read: 3 min. My intent is to provide a pithy perspective, i.e., 500 words or less, on topics relevant to your leadership agenda. My hope is […]
Capability, compatibility, and copability – what matters most?
Capability may have gotten you the role, copability will decide your success. And copability is a function of compatibility.
Excellence, Experience, and Endurance and Winning the Long Game
In an uncertain and complex operating environment, organizations are challenged to meet short term expectations while trying to be purpose-driven and stakeholder focused.
Promise, performance, or peril? AI to the forefront
The nature of work will shift again, and we will need strong leadership to bring context and perspective to what we do to create meaningful stakeholder experiences.
Transition, transformation, and transcendence: what are you leading?
If there is one thing boards, CEOs, and leaders all agree on, it’s status quo is not a viable option.
What is a meaningful conversation?
We need meaningful conversations to better understand what makes a meaningful work experience.
Meaningful work, relationships, recognition, and the people experience
Virtually everyone I speak with expresses concern and frustration over losing key people they are trying to retain or hire, and the increasing costs of both.
Productivity, Creativity, Connectivity and Trade-offs
Increased productivity has also come at the expense of creativity.
Performance, growth, and learning cultures and questions to ponder
As the world and our operating environment continue to evolve, one constant is people’s desire for meaningful work and meaningful relationships, aligned with a sense of purpose. The more we embrace learning in its full sense, the more meaning we can create.
Friction, constraints, vulnerability, and horizontal thinking
We are in a unique moment in history, and we have a unique opportunity do something extraordinary.
Consensus, Collaboration, and Coordination
We often confuse collaboration with consensus, and collaboration gets a bad rap for it.
What if 2020 was a gift?
Life will be different going forward, but different can be better.
What if?…
Perhaps it’s time we challenge ourselves with some big what if questions and explore possibilities we might not have entertained before the crisis.
Let’s stop “shoulding” on each other
When we tell people what they should do when they’re in an emotional state, it usually reaps an unintended reward and rarely creates meaningful action.