Providing Your Team Purpose by Jim Solomon and Bruce LaRue, Ph.D. “A great team has two essential components: trust and a shared purpose.” Stanley McChrystal The Wrong Part For JJ’s team, each workday would begin gathered in their break area. The team looked forward to this as a time of fellowship, but most importantly to reaffirm their team’s purpose. The […]
How Will You Lead? by Jim Solomon “This message is to honor my daughter and her family, our many friends, and too many others who have battled and won, earning the title “Cancer Survivor”. With October designated National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, may these lessons serve leaders well so they too can lead through breast cancer and #FinishStrong!” Lead With Awareness As […]
Turning Around Dysfunctional Teams – A Case Study by Jim Solomon and Bruce LaRue, Ph.D “Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.” ― Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Even the best leaders may be […]
Team “Swing” Beyond Paddling in the Same Direction by Jim Solomon and Bruce LaRue, Ph.D. “All were merged into one smoothly working machine; they were, in fact, a poem of motion, a symphony of swinging blades.” -Daniel James Brown The term “swing” was the theme of Daniel James Brown’s epic book The Boys in the Boat about the […]
The Case for Performance vs Perfection by Jim Solomon and Bruce LaRue, Ph.D. “Don’t let perfect get in the way of good.” – Dr. Jim Crupi Do you struggle with “perfectionism”? The most successful leaders understand that seeking “performance” rather than “perfection” is what sets them and their organization apart, and pointed in a positive direction. Focusing on […]
Read 4 In 3 Summer Reading Challenge THE CHALLANGE: Read 4 books in 3-months; between now and the end of September! CEOs read 60 books per year, five books per month, according to a recent Fast Company survey. Are you in this “reading bracket”? If not, why not? As a leader, you want to […]
Healthy Conflict Drives Innovation Begin with Purpose, Based on Trust by Jim Solomon and Bruce LaRue, Ph.D. “If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody’s not thinking.” – General George S. Patton, Jr. High performing teams embrace conflict to drive innovation through meaningful collaboration. Pat Lencioni is the pioneer of the organizational health movement and a founder of The Table […]
Schedule Time for Reflection Read – Think – Plan As a leader, schedule time on a recurring basis to reflect. Allow time during your workday for mindful and creative imagination. Kelly Ketelboeter, acclaimed corporate trainer and consultant, finds reflection time vital for leaders. “Reflection will allow us to silence the other voices that leaders are often […]
The Future of Work Today Returning to Tomorrow’s Workplace by Jim Solomon and Bruce LaRue, Ph.D. “Treat employees like they make a difference, and they will.” – Jim Goodnight The future of work continues to emerge daily as leaders address how the workspace will look for their organization today, while keeping an eye on how it […]
by Jim Solomon and Bruce LaRue, Ph.D. “Owners make Investments. Renters make Excuses.” – Quinn McDowell, Building Purpose Driven Leaders During the “great resignation” of 2021-2022”, some studying this phenomenon claim that employers should strive to keep their employees happy. We suggest a different strategy – to retain top talent, leaders must develop an “ownership mentality” […]
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