Leaders need to teach routines, create the rites and rituals appropriate for their organization. In 1975, a young, inexperienced second lieutenant reported to the 1st Armored Division in West Germany. The Division headquarters were in Ansbach with brigade units in the neighboring towns of Bamberg, Illesheim, Fürth (Nuremberg), Schwabach, Katterbach, Crailsheim, Erlangen, and Zirndorf. [Continue Reading]
Leadership and a Mirror
Bill Hybels talks about 360 leadership. Leading those above, those who work for you and those on an even par. Austin McCann wrote in his blog, “In leadership, the hardest person to lead is not other people, but it is ourselves. We can see that even Paul faced the frustration of trying to lead [Continue Reading]
Family Business Leadership starts with Self-Leadership, Self-awareness
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World is the title of a 2013 book by Joseph Badaracco. Badaracco is a professor of Business ethics at Harvard Business School. He is also a Senior Associate Dean, Chair of the MBA Program. This work made me reflect on some of the Family Businesses HRB is working with — [Continue Reading]
What Are The Three Requests Most Leaders Forget?
Three Requests Most Leaders Forget: • Ask for Forgiveness • Promise Problems • Ask for Help Successful Family Business Leaders remember these three tools. Be open and ask your Team for forgiveness. Some of the benefits include: Creating candor and a willingness to change the status quo and improve. It shows you are vulnerable, transparent. [Continue Reading]
Leadership
What is Leadership? What is Leadership in a Family business? Family business success is based on Leadership. Succession planning, strategy in a family owned business needs a leader. One definition is “Leadership is the professed desire and commitment to serve others by subordinating personal interests to the needs of those being led through effectively [Continue Reading]
Managing Yourself and Business Analytics
Two articles really grabbed me this week as we all watched as nature remind us what power is and what it’s capable of with eight, ten feet of water.. The first read was by a Peter Drucker, although deceased Drucker’s articles still hit home and like aged advice from our parents, it still sends a [Continue Reading]
3 Keys to Effectively Giving Thanks
As leaders most of us mean well but forget one really important skill… the ability to showing appreciation. According to the US Dept of Labor, the number one reason Americans leave their jobs is because they didn’t feel appreciated and currently 64% of Americans don’t feel appreciated at work! That’s staggering … on the other [Continue Reading]
Do You Manage From A ‘Big Picture’ Or Details Perspective? Get Ready To Zoom In And Zoom Out!
What is your management style? Do you lead by making balancing complex markets and factors that can impact your business or do you roll up your sleeves and work out the smallest details? A few weeks back there was a TED event at the University of Michigan Flint. TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) is a [Continue Reading]