Ouch! That’s an in-your-face question to ask yourself, isn’t it? And if you feel defensive, it is understandable. After all, you feel you do all the right things. Following processes and steps outlined in guidelines and playbooks. Yet, projects go unproductively sideways. And team synergy slowly evaporates. In addition, unproductive rework and reduced efficiency remain… [Continue Reading]
Is Professional Elitism impacting How You Lead Teams?
Will You Leverage Professional Purpose in 2021?
Will you leverage professional purpose as a key component in your 2021 career strategy? And consequently, the major reason for how you, yourself, always deliver human capital value as you serve colleagues and clients. Many professionals I present to, or consult for, view their profession as a linear series of accomplishments. For them, all accomplishments… [Continue Reading]
Leverage Team Assumptions to start Change-Based Conversations
Consider leveraging your team assumptions. Test whether everyone actually is on the same proverbial page. This mindset exercise is a great way to start conversations about Change with a big “C.” Rather than relying on yet another meeting about what individuals did wrong. Or, what “has to” change in order to do things “right.” Whatever… [Continue Reading]
Why Composite Business Stories do not Resound with Clients
It’s time to scrutinize whether you rely on composite business stories to catalyze clients to take action. Storytelling is useful in moving clients forward in decision-making about your programs, products and services. However, so-so business stories often receive neutral responses from clients. And when that happens, they take no action to move forward at all…. [Continue Reading]
2 Assumptions that derail Virtual Business Presentations
These days, all of us either are participants or spectators in far too many virtual business meetings and presentations. What is the quality of the employee and customer experiences you create? Oh, and, I hate to tell you. Virtual meetings are here to stay because they are cost-effective. However, there are two assumptions you make… [Continue Reading]
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