Jul 21

Focus – The Path to Perfect Execution!

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Whether it is golf, tennis or other categories (especially individual sports), watch the intense gaze of these top pros between strokes, as they go though their motions or during a game break. Their eyes are focused but the gaze seems to be far away – looking at nothing, totally insulated from whatever surrounds them! They are actually mentally playing out their next moves on a high res mental video screen over and over. Seeing exactly what they are going to do next, soaking in it, visualizing it – then they take every conscious thought off their minds and execute that mental video. Sure enough the result is quite close to what they visualized if not better. I have tried this myself when playing and depending on my preparedness and commitment, I sometimes do get the result.

Why sometimes? Why not always? The key to successful visual results is “Preparedness”. Quite obvious, right? Trust me, I have come across many instances where I have seen trained professionals going out into execution mode without adequate preparedness … now that does not work, regardless of your caliber!

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Jul 16

Leadership When the Chips are Down!

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The economic abyss that we are all in will eventually level off just like the 18 recessions and the 3 depressions that have come and gone in the last 100 years!! It will take some time though! Organizations still face persistent uncertainty and the necessity to adapt to rapidly fluctuating fiscal and monetary situations, leaders are facing some truly exciting time to demonstrate their core abilities or the lack of it!!! Organizations that were used to regular home runs have also not be spared among the names of those that sunk in the dark choppy waters in ’08 and ’09!

This ‘negative’ shift in paradigm will continue to impact employees, customer loyalty, security, budgets and everyday organizational decisions. As strange as it may sound, it is far easier to find leaders who know how to cope with success rather than those who can cope with success AND failure alike and still triumph!! Knowing how to lead during extended times of uncertainty can help organizations maintain their leadership advantage, weather the immediate storms, and emerge stronger in the process.

Make ‘Caring’ People Decisions

Downturns normally herald missed revenue, margin and productivity goals. As organizations review their performance and ability to perform given these circumstances, leaders are often tempted to scale down or eliminate employees and employee development initiatives.

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Jul 10

Organizational IQ

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What is your organization’s IQ (intelligence quotient) ? By this I do not mean how smart it is, but how aware it is and how it operates in its own, unique environment. Do customers find it easy or difficult to do business with your organization? What type of feedback does your company receive from its business partners? What about you? Does your organization have the right amount of intelligence, does it have significant purpose? Do you find it easy to get things done within your organization or does everything simply seem more difficult than it needs to be?

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What is your organization’s IQ (intelligence quotient) ? By this I do not mean how smart it is, but how aware it is and how it operates in its own, unique environment. Do customers find it easy or difficult to do business with your organization? What type of feedback does your company receive from its business partners? What about you? Do you find it easy to get things done within your organization or does everything simply seem more difficult than it needs to be? Continue reading »

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Jul 07

Making TeamWork Work!

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Organizational productivity starts to crawl and competitive advantage goes out of the window if organizations fail to accomplish ‘Teamwork’ or more appropriately ‘Cross-functional Teamwork’. Building effective teams is hardly a walk in the park for most business leaders and operational managers!

It is natural for teams to experience ‘teething problems’ as they come together – I begin to worry if all team members continually put on their game face and pretend that all is well and overtly anxious to demonstrate how well things are working. Different teams need different levels of guidance depending on the team’s composition and the complexity of the task Leaders need to be able to determine which teams need guidance and which ones need to be left alone.

Successful teams leverage individual strengths and competencies while merging these competencies across a broader ‘team fabric’ that lends a larger value to the combined competencies than the sum of individual parts.

Finally, do not forget to encourage the team to celebrate success when the mission is accomplished! Celebrating leaves pleasant memories for the team members to feed on even when they have disbanded! It also creates a strong foundation of future engagement amongst two or more members should a suitable opportunity present itself!

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