Thought for the Week – 3rd July 2017

Related image“If you walk by a problem, no matter how little it is, you as a leader have set a new standard.” – Noel Tichy

 

we need boundary-crossing leaders ….

Related imageLeaders who can traverse divisive boundaries have always been vital to civilization, but today the need for this leadership capacity is even more urgent and widespread. Continue reading

Three Steps to Success: What one ‘has’, ‘does’ and ‘is’

Related imageThe ladder of success seems to have three main steps:

(1) Initially, it’s what one “has” that counts-that is, status depends upon visible signs of material wealth; Continue reading

We Were Made for These Times…..

Image result for great ship is in harborMy friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most to civilized, visionary people.

You are right in your assessments. The lustre and hubris some have aspired to while endorsing acts so heinous against children, elders, everyday people, the poor, the unguarded, the helpless, is breathtaking. Yet, I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially do not lose hope. Most particularly because, the fact is that we were made for these times. Yes. For years, we have been learning, practicing, been in training for and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement…….

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Lessons in Creating a Service Culture based on Kindness and Compassion not on greed and spin doctoring


https://youtu.be/vLphv5G1HPE

 

Rosa Parks – Parks’ act of defiance and the Montgomery Bus Boycott became important symbols of the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Strong Culture of Execution

 

Organizational culture more important than strategy - The importance of organizational alignment

Source : TORBEN RICK http://www.torbenrick.eu

Good execution requires having a “systematic way of exposing reality and acting on it,” argue Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan in the book “Execution.” Most organizations, they say, don’t face reality very well. It’s the manager’s job to force his organization to face reality, and then to deal with it.

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