This topic is one that everyone can agree that leading by example is a must do for anyone that wants to lead successfully. Go out to Google and search on Lead by example – over 11.6 million links. Why is it, that many leaders don’t do it? Is it easier said than done? Afraid to [...]
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Leading By Example
June 2nd, 2010 
Steve 
Posted in Leadership, Observations 
Tags: Leadership, Leading Teams, listening, motivation, people 
No Comments »Words That Should Be Spoken
April 20th, 2010 Steve At work a co-worker emailed me a link they felt I would find interesting. It was a post by Karen Burns on Money and Yahoo Finance, 7 Things Never to Say to Your Boss and 7 Things your Boss Should Never Say. I found both pretty good. What about the items that should be said? I think [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams, Observations Tags: communication, goals, Leadership, Leading Teams, managing, relationship, trust 1 Comment »What’s Next?
February 17th, 2010 Steve After 27 years of managing teams, shifts, departments and such – I am now leading one, myself. I still have focal and other things to close up, but for the most part the day to day coaching, assisting and helping manage people is no more. Not sure why I wanted to write a blog post [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams Tags: change, coaching, Leadership, Leading Teams, managing, people, relationship, thoughts No Comments »Should Loyalty Matter?
January 30th, 2010 Steve Should loyalty matter? Do you have a favorite grocery store, restaurant or service station? Do you have certain leaders that you will follow? Why are they your favorites? For me, I do have many of those items that I am loyal to for various reasons, but the common theme is relationships. When I look at [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams Tags: Leadership, Leading Teams, people, relationship 2 Comments »Transitions Happen All The Time, So Why Do They Go Badly?
January 25th, 2010 Steve Over the years, I have been involved in many transitions; as a leader coming into a new situation; as a member for a team getting dissolved; as a member of an existing team getting a dissolved team. There is one thing that is definite, they cause all sorts of churn. In these types of transitions, [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams, Observations Tags: action, communication, fear, Leadership, Leading Teams, people, reflections, thoughts, Vision No Comments »Judgement Error’s
January 22nd, 2010 Steve Awhile back, I wrote about the project that just never ends. The other day, I got the news that it is in hibernation and will be coming back in 2011. This got me thinking about all the time that was spent and all the time that gets spent on projects or work that amounts to [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams, Observations Tags: goals, Leadership, Leading Teams, people, performance management No Comments »Next Couple Weeks Could Define My 2010
January 11th, 2010 Steve After the holiday’s have come and gone and the first week back in the office is completed – the year gets really cracking those next two weeks. Most people I know – come back to the office refreshed and ready to go. From a work perspective, budgets for the upcoming year should be set (well, at [...]
Posted in Leading Teams, Observations Tags: challenges, communication, fun, goals, Leading Teams, people, rant 1 Comment »Motivating Employees
December 22nd, 2009 Steve Last week, I was meeting with a brand new manager. On his request, he wanted to ask a few questions. His first questions took up all of our time together. “How do I motivate my employees?” Wonderful question – one that I first told him to step back and look at the overall work situations [...]
Posted in Leading Teams Tags: coaching, Leading Teams, listening, managing, motivation, people, Vision No Comments »Leadership and the Generational Divide
November 19th, 2009 Steve Ever just sit with a friend at lunch and have one of those discussions that just turned into a blog post! Well, today I did and here are my thoughts and post. The topic today comes from the wonderful world of sports and work leadership. On many occasions I have paralleled sports leadership to work [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams, Observations Tags: coaching, fear, Hockey, Leadership, Leading Teams No Comments »Internal Social Computing Adoption Stories
October 21st, 2009 Steve I have been spending a lot of my time, talking and evangelizing our internal social computing capabilities. I bet that the cube mates around me, could easily repeat my discussions. I feel like a broken record at times. The funny thing is – I am not getting tired of the discussions and opportunities. The fact [...]
Posted in Leading Teams, Observations Tags: adoption, Leading Teams, social computing, social media No Comments »
