Leadership

5 Tips to Engage and Effectively Manage People Remotely

5 Tips to Engage and Effectively Manage People Remotely

Part of effective remote management includes having both virtual team meetings, where everyone on a team meets on a virtual platform at one time, and having 1:1 meetings with direct reports. Read this article to get five tips about how to manage your direct reports.

What I Learned About Team Leadership While Climbing Mt. Everest

What I Learned About Team Leadership While Climbing Mt. Everest

At 29,029 feet above sea level, Mt. Everest is the highest point on earth. I climbed Everest V3 in a group simulation with other faculty members of the Center for Leadership at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. By experiencing learning through doing, we learned how to deal with the rather challenging situation of climbing Everest, which perfectly simulated communication and decision-making challenges we all face while working in teams.

Are Your Managers Under-Managing?

Are Your Managers Under-Managing?

We all hear a lot about the detriments of micro-managing employees. But what I have witnessed in almost 20 years of consulting is that employees are more often under-managed. Read about what indicates when under-management is taking place and what you can do about it.

3 Instruments to View Your Business and the World

3 Instruments to View Your Business and the World

Gain a deeper perspective. There are three ways to view your business and the world to ensure it's future viability. Close your eyes and imagine you have three optical instruments on your desk to view long term, the macro broad landscape that your business operates in, and the micro view of what's happening in your business.

Play War Games to Get Inside Your Competitor’s Head

Play War Games to Get Inside Your Competitor’s Head

We live in an era of disruption, and one thing is certain: the success or failure of your strategy hinges on what your competitors choose to do. Play a war game with your team to uncover blind spots, think like the competition, anticipate what they might do next, and plan your next moves to win in the market.

Is Your Company Moving in Slow Motion? Five Steps to Accelerate Speed

Is Your Company Moving in Slow Motion? Five Steps to Accelerate Speed

Do you sometimes feel like you are slogging knee-deep through a mud pit to get important initiatives implemented? No matter how slow the rest of your organization is to buy in to your ideas or get things done, here are five things you can do to speed things up and make transformational change happen.

How to Inspire Employees to Help Solve Business Problems

How to Inspire Employees to Help Solve Business Problems

Internal and external challenges are omnipresent. In most organizations the burden for solving these challenges rests on the shoulders of company leaders. By adopting a transformational leadership style, employees will become more engaged and help solve the internal and external challenges a business faces faster and more accurately.

Framework to Create Sustainable Organizational Success

Framework to Create Sustainable Organizational Success

Here's a framework that maps a constellation of eight interacting factors that are key to create a highly engaged, high performing, multi-generational culture and team. THE RESULT: an organization that will achieve Sustainable Organizational Success and superior results in terms of:

    + profits and cash flow
    + ROIC
    + valuation
    + succession