Based on the conversations I have been having with leaders, managers and employees, the most difficult part of this crisis is the uncertainty -- about the changing statistics of the virus, the economy and their livelihood.
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What steps are you taking to manage your stress in this time of crisis? A phrase made famous by the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland says it all – “Don’t just do something, stand there!”
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The men and women in charge of our organizations are now faced with uncharted challenges: leading their organization through a global pandemic. In this time of crisis, most leaders are doing their best to step up and inspire people to do their best.
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Several of our client companies have asked us to create learning programs around Resilience and Mindfulness. What do we mean by Resilience? Simply put, it is the degree to which we can “bounce back” from adversity of any kind.
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At the kickoff of a four-session women’s leadership program, we surveyed the participants by asking key career questions/statements. One of the statements was “I routinely update my Individual Development Plan.” Fifty percent of the participants said they do not update their IDPs. In fact, our own research shows that 1 in 3 don’t even have one! Here’s why is the IDP so important.
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In our coaching work we utilize the Birkman Method assessment of passions, strengths and motivations to build self-awareness and self-management – the two foundations of Emotional Intelligence.
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There have been many studies that indicate employee engagement — a measure of bringing one's best and full self to work — is not just a fluffy nicety.
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The environment in which organizations do business has changed, and it continues to change with increasing rapidity. This means that leaders themselves must possess a different and much wider set of skills than in the past—with a far greater emphasis on adaptivity and the ability to embrace, understand and respond to VUCA – Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity.
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Have you been told you’re emotional, bossy, or too nice? These words were on the cover of the Harvard Business Review magazine from September 2013 and inspired me to create a six-month Women’s Leadership Program for 25 women that was over two years in the making.
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Right person in the right seat. This metaphor from Jim Collins’ now famous book "Good to Great” talks about your company as a bus and you as the bus driver. The bus is at a standstill and you need to get it moving in the right direction. This metaphor begs two key questions – “How do you know if a person is the right person to have on the bus?” and more importantly, in the self-driving bus of 2018, “How do I know I even have the right seats on my bus?”
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Leaders and change go together, because change is what leaders are there for. Otherwise the organization can just be endlessly "managed," because yesterday's practices could simply be replicated. But conditions change and yesterday's ways of doing things no longer fit today's conditions. They require change.
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