“There is nothing so practical as a good theory” Kurt Lewin This post is my fourth in a series on what I call Leadership Story Work, which is a way leaders and others can dramatically increase their effectiveness and authenticity by working with their deeply personal stories. In this post, I will summarize the core …

Victor is a director on a medium sized listed company board. The Chairman has been ill for several months and is not going to get better. He has announced that he wishes to retire. The Managing Director is keen that one of the directors, who had a strong track record as an executive within the …

New, FREE disaster crisis management resource If the disasters of recent years have taught us anything, it’s that trained volunteers have the power to make a massive difference in the lives of those affected. To that point, DisasterReady.org has been established by the Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation to “increase the preparedness and effectiveness of humanitarian aid …

Was listening to the radio and heard an uplifting speaker share four things you can do to lift up others. I encourage you to do this with everyone in your life. To get started, I would take advantage of Mothers Day coming up to see how you can uplift the mothers in your life. 1. …

I was intrigued and inspired this morning by the following, which the Social Enterprise Alliance posted yesterday on the npEnterprise Forum: Eric Dawson, an Ashoka fellow and the CEO of Peace First, recently wrote a beautiful piece for Social Enterprise Alliance. It’s about working for social change that we may never see happen in our …

In my December 6th (2012) post, I introduced the third step in the four-step grantsmanship process: Grant Proposal Development; and I also briefly introduced the cover letter. This month’s Grants Posting will provide more information on what to include in a cover letter and why you should write one. I’ll start with recommendations from the …

Take these steps and make every employee a crisis management asset Sure, your employees are hired to fill specific roles, but anyone who’s been in the middle of a crisis situation knows that a whole new set of responsibilities pops up, whether you’re ready or not. BCM president Jonathan Bernstein was recently interviewed for a …

We often talk about good teamwork as everyone getting along and coming together with the same vision. It may sound counter intuitive to say the best way to promote teamwork is through conflict. Teamwork coaching rhetoric often tells us conflict is something to be avoided, but the truth is that a healthy amount of discord …

We’ve all faced similar problems where we can’t get answers to questions we have for a project. What do we do when it comes to road blocks? One solution is to gather your knowledge base and hold a meeting and communicate to all project members and stakeholders that you have hit a wall. But prior …

“I know I should delegate but: “I can do it faster…He won’t be able to get it done on time…she’s bound to make some mistakes.” These are things I’ve been hearing frequently from overworked, stressed out managers. I jokingly mentioned, in a recent presentation, if there was something in the air that’s causing this outbreak …