Beloved Leaders
March 26th, 2012 | 02:06pm UTC
By Jack McGuinness, Co-Founder of Relationship Impact
When my brother was promoted to an officer post at Verizon several years ago he received hundreds of congratulatory emails from old bosses, clients, vendors, peers, and subordinates. The feel of the messages was a genuine sense of gratification that 'such a good guy' was making it. Similarly, while interviewing a large number of middle m....READ MORE
March Madness
March 25th, 2012 | 10:52am UTC
By Gil Brady, Co-Founder of Relationship Impact
Like many others, I cannot help participating in a March Madness pool. Something about the “win or go home” aspect of the competition is just too riveting not to be a part of. This year I had Missouri. I follow college basketball to some degree and I was sure the guard play of Missouri, the experience of their upperclassmen, and the momentum o....READ MORE
Don’t look up….look in and around
March 5th, 2012 | 12:18pm UTC
By Gil Brady, Co-Founder of Relationship Impact
How do we know that we are being led effectively?
The greatest challenge in answering this question is the deeply embedded belief that leaders lead and followers follow along a hierarchical, pre-determined plan. As long as we look up for leadership instead of looking in and around we will surely be unable to navigate the dynamic envi....READ MORE
Combating Organizational Fatigue
February 9th, 2012 | 05:59pm UTC
“We have been through 5 VPs in the past 7 years.”
“After 3 different configurations our current organizational construct is the same one we started with 5 years ago.”
“We’ve been told that this latest restructuring and downsizing is the last but management told us the same thing after the last 2.”
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The Navy SEAL Team Circle of Trust
February 8th, 2012 | 05:48pm UTC
By Tim Holden (Chief Strategy Officer at IOMAXIS)
Jack and Gil, thank you for your insightful blogs on leadership. I always find a nugget or two in each that refocuses my thinking and recharges my leadership battery. I wanted to share a recent article with you and your followers regarding leadership in the Navy SEAL Teams.
The author, Ingar Grev, a former US Navy Nuclear Submariner, has a ....READ MORE
Growth at the Speed of Light
January 13th, 2012 | 02:54pm UTC
Is there anything different about leading an organization that is growing at the speed of light? Earlier this week I had the opportunity to pose this question to a client that has grown from sales of under $7 million in 2005 to over $600 million in 2011. Chris Taylor, CEO of Mission Essential Personnel had an interesting and enthusiastic response.
Without hesitation Chris commented that your c....READ MORE
Don’t look up….look in and around
December 29th, 2011 | 07:31pm UTC
I shared the following short excerpt from Robert Kegan’s book “The Mental Demands of Modern Life” with a client recently. Faced with the reality of another re-organization, the current formal leaders are wondering how they can effectively convince the employees they are being led effectively. I give them credit for having the courage to lead from a perspective of critical questions instead o....READ MORE
Leadership Emergence
December 23rd, 2011 | 05:43pm UTC
Yesterday my 14 year old son and I attended his high school's father-son service initiative at the Capitol Area Food Bank of Washington, DC. Over 100 fathers and sons showed up with their sleevers rolled up to sort and pack pallets of packaged foods for distribution to the areas most needy people. My son and I were happy to help but admittedly we weren't overly enthused about getting up e....READ MORE
Developing Leaders – Words vs. Action
February 15th, 2011 | 02:42pm UTC
“Sudden Leader Loss Leaves Firms in Limbo” – This headline from a recent Wall Street Journal article caught my attention. The article points out that almost one quarter of senior executives surveyed indicated that their firms were not prepared for the loss of key executiv....READ MORE
Coach K – The Learning-Performance Guru!
February 3rd, 2011 | 12:26pm UTC
Admittedly, Coach K is one of my heroes - fellow West Point alumnus and basketball player and the epitome of a Relationship Impact leader! In yesterday's Washington Post Mike Wise described Coach K's unique ability to learn, adapt to change, and perform at the highest levels. In the article one of ....READ MORE