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These articles were written based on research, client interviews and by simple observation of trends in the current business climate.
They express our thinking about the environment in which we work and address issues on the minds of our clients. |
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How Does a Tennis Ball Know You
Will Follow Through with Your Swing?
The Invisible Power of Positive Intent!
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When my tennis coach tells me that I didn’t follow through on my swing, I ask myself how the ball “knows.” The trajectory of the ball is influenced by all of the nuances of my stance, approach, contact and follow through because they are all connected in one fluid motion. Similarly, each interaction we engage in is influenced by the nuances of our facial expression, body language and verbal tone as well as the words we choose. Those subtle and powerful conveyors of meaning are a result of the intention with which we approach the interaction, as well as the intention we presume the other person brings to the party.
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Andrea Chilcote featured in Leadership Excellence June 09
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Pollyanna and the
Ponzi Predicament
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Pollyanna was the optimistic heroine of a classic children’s book. Bernard Madoff is a present day Ponzi villain. The two create a thought provoking juxtaposition of values. Today’s headline disappointments indicate a golden opportunity for leaders to buoy optimism by shifting focus to a values-based approach to managing themselves and their teams.
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A New Recipe for Lemonade
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A daunting business problem seems to be emerging in the face of the dismal economic climate. Unlike the seemingly intractable problems like the credit crunch, the housing meltdown and the stock market plunge, this one just might be something that leaders – and people at every level of an organization – can do something about. Now.
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Leading in Uncertainty
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What’s important now? We know that leaders can’t depend on the predictability of the environment - and perhaps never again will be able to. So how can leaders engage their people in a journey toward a positive vision of the future? The answer is found inside of each individual leader. And it often involves a facedown with your own integrity.
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Déjà Vu
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Once again, those in the training and organizational development field are being asked “What is the ROI from your efforts?” We contend that “ROI” is directly linked to our ability to produce breakthroughs in thinking and acting in organizations.
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The Work-life Balance Conundrum
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Is balance a myth?
Read the new thinking about balance from four professionals who live the challenge every day.
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Perceptual Positions
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A perceptual position is a perspective from which things can be viewed or considered. Perceptual positions, given that they are different perspectives, provide us with different information.
When highly effective communicators are involved in situations requiring objectivity, empathy or consideration of the impact of context on a given circumstance, they tend to play out in their minds these various perspectives. This gives a more encompassing understanding of the whole of the situation. In this way, perceptual positions inform us toward widsom.
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Being a Leader
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What calls people to positions of leadership?
At the highest reaches of leadership, where wisdom, courage, self-sacrifice, and strength of character merge, we find an attitude toward leadership of profound and sacred responsibility - yet, right out in the open or just below the surface, many or most who hold positions of leadership feel that they are seriously under-delivering on their dreams and desires.
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