Lead Change Group

We all want to win.  No one gets up in the morning and decides, “Today, I think I’d like to lose for a change.” You never tell your spouse, “Honey, I’m so used to losing that today, I’m managing expectations.  My goal is to lose.  That way, when I lose, I’m a winner!”  We use [...]

As a manager, what’s the best thing you can do for your organization?  Is your highest goal making money?  Is it the financial largess of your organization, or the praise of your customers?  Have you ever wondered how noble it is to help a very few people make a lot of money?  What is the [...]

I’ve read a few articles criticizing Warren Bennis and others for the way they tend to polarize leaders vs. managers or leaders vs. managers and supervisors.  Wally Bock always has an interesting perspective and he posted a much commented Three Star Leadership blog post here.  Wally has rich experience in leadership development, developing new leaders, [...]

It seemed as I was graduating from college in the early 1980′s, prevailing business thought revolved around a passion for the customer. Business writing seemed to be dominated by the power of the customer at least from a marketing perspective. Customers selected the style of car and the flavor of food. Customers were front-and-center of [...]

So you’ve just graduated from college.  Congratulations.  Even though it was a long time ago, I’ll never forget how I felt.  I was so apprehensive about joining the workforce, never having worked in an office with professionals before.  Maybe you have and maybe you haven’t but it’s different than anything else you’ve ever experienced.  Before [...]

Have you ever noticed how sometimes in groups, one individual’s passion for a particular topic or aspect of the group’s purpose makes them a bit difficult to deal with?  Haven’t you experienced teams where one individual “sticks out” for how they always gravitate back to the same subject or work?  They seem to only have [...]