You may know that “Setting The Azimuth” is one of The Big Six Leadership Principles® — how does it work in practice? In the corporate world, we now use azimuth in a little broader context: Your mission, intent, values, and culture are all captured in writing as your company’s “azimuth.” It’s important that you don’t … Read more
“Balancing the Personal and Professional” is one of The Big Six Leadership Principles®, but what does that really mean? Healthy cultures are cultures where people understand the importance of living according to their values. If you map out what you do during the course of a day or week and compare it to your personal … Read more
I’ve posted here before about the ideal of “We’re All In.” People want to feel they contribute to the greater good. They want to be engaged. Being “All In” means being engaged. I once heard a powerful story that illustrates this concept. A car dealer told me about a chance encounter he had at the … Read more
Low-Value Meetings are caused by people not valuing one another’s time. These meetings are also indicators of a number of negative factors in your current culture. People often believe that if they can get everybody together in some forum like a room, then they’ll be more productive than they would be if they were operating … Read more
Organizations and their leaders rarely take a linear path to excellence. Instead, the journey typically will have any number of curves, choke points, and dangerous intersections. As a leader, you must be adaptive to be successful, cutting new paths in order to bring the company back on course and aligned with the organization’s true mission … Read more
Some thoughts on growing great teams and the leadership ideals that can inspire them: One person who embodies the leadership qualities of growing high performing teams that contribute to developing a Level 5 culture is General (retired) Colin Powell. I had the privilege to serve on his personal staff when he was the Chairman of … Read more
