Last week we reviewed the five attributes found in high-performance people. Now let’s consider the other half—those who can’t seem to make things happen. The people who never seem to make any meaningful progress in their careers, and consequently, can be real liabilities in their organizations. If we were...
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We’ve organized a list of five critical attributes we have seen demonstrated and repeated among the top achievers and leaders that we have been able to work with over these many years. These are the traits that reoccur consistently in people that succeed. These are the traits leaders should...
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One of the things we have enjoyed most about consulting with progressive organizations is all of the time we get to spend in different team environments. We like to go where the positive action is, where there is a thriving business that’s interested in further developing its people. We...
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Let’s start with some background on the Peter Principle itself. The idea was presented by authors Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hall in their 1969 book “The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong”. The principle is that, in hierarchical organizations, people get promoted up to their level...
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The ability to sustain a high level of energy throughout the workday is a crucial attribute of high achievers. There are many people who are talented and smart who are not as effective as they could be…because they haven’t worked on this important part of their professional skill set....
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Many progressive books on leadership correctly identify positive recognition as one of the most powerful means a leader has to influence results. Leaders who take the time to recognize where success is happening on their teams will always out-produce leaders who focus on what is broken or what’s not...
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Leadership leaves clues. What this means is that there is always clear evidence of exceptional leadership…or the lack of it…in any organization or department. We never have to guess about whether we are leading or managing effectively, because our results are right in front of us every day. These...
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It’s time for us all to stop thinking about leadership as a position, an aspiration or a reward. You can never “arrive” at leadership, and no one else can make you a leader. Leadership is a verb. Leadership is something you do. This pivot in thinking is incredibly important...
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How do leaders get better in their craft? How do they continue to develop themselves and their leadership skill sets? It all starts with intention. A leader who has the self-awareness and intelligence to know that they can improve is a progressive leader. They know that they themselves are the leading...
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We have studied many organizations over the years, and it’s clear that most of them excel to whatever degree their leaders believe in the talent, possibilities, and potential of their people. That sounds like a hopeful platitude that you might find on a motivational poster somewhere, doesn’t it? Just...
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