The One Question that Stops Innovation
We have all heard the mantra – fail early and fail often. As we Nurture Growth in our teams, we say this to inspire i...Read More »
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3 ways to Avoid the Brain Hijack…
In these times of great uncertainty, our brain’s built-in warning system (the amygdala) can hijack our thinking with a...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Avoid 3 Common Ways We ALL Micro-Manage
None of us likes to be micro-managed by others, but most of us will micro-manage at times. More often than not, when w...Read More »
Leadership in Action – When You have a Strong Why, You do not Need the How
Getting locked into how something needs to be done holds back our teams and ourselves. When we Connect the Dots by foc...Read More »
Leadership in Action – 3 Difficult Steps to Fixing a Dysfunctional Culture
This Leadership Series generally focuses on the nuances needed to help lead a team and culture to better performance by ...Read More »
Leadership in Action – 4 Ways to Help Your Team Pivot
Pivot! is the buzz word of the moment. The reality is that it is just good change management. To pivot is when leaders E...Read More »
Leadership in Action – The A-List for Effective Communication
As you are Connecting the Dots for your team, it is essential to keep these guidelines in mind: Active Listening
The...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Are your staff in FLOW?
Your 7-point checklist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, a Hungarian psychologist, coined the phrase “FLOW” t...Read More »
Leadership in Action – The Idiot Response
While you want your team to collaborate and leverage each other’s ideas and efforts, more often than not, one or two m...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Our Blink Response Makes for Bad Leadership
The immediate assumptions we wrap around ideas and information is our blink response. (Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book, Bl...Read More »
Leadership in Action – 3 Styles of Decision Making
There are two fatal flaws in coaching others into better performance:
• Overuse of Command (micro-managing)
• Over...Read More »
Leadership in Action – 5 Questions for Conducting Appreciative Inquiry One-On-Ones
As leaders, we generally have many opportunities to have one-on-one meetings with each of our direct reports. These meet...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Appreciative Inquiry: A Core Strategy during Disruptive Times
In these disruptive times, many of us are stuck in our normal way of looking at creating new growth. Our traditional pro...Read More »
Leadership in Action – How is Your Culture Shifting?
As you are working through the ever-changing landscape of business today, how will you and your organization emerge from...Read More »
Leadership in Action – The 4 Components of an Effective Leadership Philosophy
Just as an effective organization has their Mission, Vision, Strategy and Values statements to guide their choices in ma...Read More »
Leadership in Action- The 5 Critical Questions in Leading Change
Any time we make changes in our organizations, from a platform change in software to a strategic change in marketing, we...Read More »
Leadership in Action- Leading On Purpose
Many companies are waiting for the “new normal” to emerge so they can make choices on how they fit in the new econom...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Why Narcissism Creates Unjust Cultures
This is the final of five blogs covering the potential workplace triggers that make up the SCARF model (NeuroLeadership ...Read More »
We Stand With You
For over 50 years, The Pacific Institute has been dedicated to the principle that everyone has a God-given right to achi...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Creating Psychological Safety
This is the fourth of five blogs covering the potential workplace triggers that make up the SCARF model (NeuroLeadership...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Increase Accountability through Autonomy
This is the third of five blogs covering the potential workplace triggers that make up the SCARF model (NeuroLeadership ...Read More »
Leadership in Action – The Science of Certainty
This is the second of five blogs that cover the potential triggers in the workplace that make up the SCARF model (NeuroL...Read More »
Leadership in Action – SCARF and the Growth Mindset
The amygdala hijack (Daniel Goleman – Emotional Intelligence) is triggered when an individual experience a significant...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Holding People Accountable Today
Following last week’s post of building resiliency, what if you follow those four steps to help build the resiliency an...Read More »
Leadership in Action – 4 Key Steps to Building Resiliency in Your Team
One of the most common errors leaders make is their desire to be efficient when communicating with their teams. When we ...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Three Expectations for Driving Innovation
As many articles have gilded our global situation with a silver lining, a common thread is how productive we can be when...Read More »