The 3 Conflicts
It is said that great leaders are effective when they can remove all impediments to success. In your personal affairs, there are three conflicts that might be roadblocks to your ultimate success.
Mindset and Mechanics
A client of mine, after a two day event, asked me to summarize all 16 hours into one page. I’ll do better than that. Here it is in two words.
Silently Hoping To Be Led
Do you think your tribe is hoping to by led by you? I do. Here’s a quick audio explaining how to do it. I want your feedback, too.
Caskey and Friends Debut
On June 27, we’ll be hosting a program called Caskey and Friends. It’s really a time for us to share some of the strategies that are working for our clients in helping them grow their business.
Yes, I know if you’re not in Indianapolis there is no way to get access to this, although we will be recording the sessions. But if you are close to Indy, tickets are free and I encourage you to click on the link below which takes you to the sign-up page.
We selected four speakers, Chip McLean, Brooke Green, Bryan Neale and myself to tell a little of our story that might help others to use lessons in growing their business.
Just to be clear, this is not actually a training session where we’ll be doing role-playing or discussion. There will be some audience interaction, but this is mostly a time for you to sit back and take in personal growth.
It’ll give you a chance to hear from four people who do this work full-time. If you’re interested in coming or in merely seeing what some of the topics are click here and it will take you to the sign-up page.
The Fiscal Cliff, Kicking the Can Down the Road and Rotten Leadership
Every businessperson has a story about a time they paid a price for not addressing the root causes of a problem. Some of these stories involve a decision to put up with a non-achieving salesperson for years knowing they’re never going to make it, rather than pulling the trigger and letting him or her go. Others involve leaders who remain rigid in their business-as-usual approach despite rapidly thinning margins caused by the commoditization of their product or service.
In light of the looming “fiscal cliff,” such anecdotes support the widespread belief that pushing through a quick, temporary fix, rather than reaching a long-term solution is not answer. Unfortunately for us, it takes only a quick look at recent history to see that Congress and the White House have been indecisive and playing for time—kicking the can down the road—instead of addressing the root causes of the financial crisis.
While I don’t claim to know which road steers our country away from the fiscal cliff (nor do I own the parachute that guides us safely down should we tumble over), I can say with absolute certainty that this saga is a dramatic example of very poor leadership.
As leadership coaches and advisers, we often watch as organizations opt to kick the can down the road to buy more time or wait for it to become someone else’s problem, rather than making a timely decision that might hurt a little in the short-term, but will pay dividends down the road.
Most business leaders have employed “kick the can down the road” leadership at one point in time. Here are some all too common examples: Read more
The Case for Developing High Potential Leaders
If you’re a company leader, are you devoting any time at all to thinking about developing your high potential leaders of tomorrow?
If you are, then this video might shed some light on some tactics/best practices on that path. It’s done by Dr. Robert Hogan, CEO and Founder of Hogan Assessments. While not always politically correct (I actually love that about him), Dr. Hogan shares his years of experience in assessing and developing leaders.
He talks about how to identify high-potential leadership talent as well as how to nurture it. He also addresses Basic Employability, that we find most companies miss when selecting talent.
Simon Sinek: How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Our team is meeting with a strategic planner today an before we meet with him, we were instructed to watch a few videos.
This one in particular really hit home for me! I can guarantee it will inspire you to look at yourself, your business and your message in a different way.
About the Video
Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers …
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this!
Do you agree with Simon? Why do you do what you do?
When Selecting Leadership Talent
Occasionally, we get a call from a company who is about ready to hire a new leader.
They want us to run a Hogan Personality test on them to make sure they’re the right person for the job. And frequently, we must break the news to them that the person they were interviewing was not the perfect fit for the job.
In this video, Bill Caskey addresses a real-life situation where the client was about to send the offer letter.
The advice was: DON’T HIRE. And here’s why.
A Con Game Is NOT a Good Leadership Strategy
The Background Story
Several months ago, I was sitting with Sam who had just been named a VP of Sales at a company who was struggling. Sam had an engineering background and had had no leadership skills at all which is why they were seeking our help.
Sam’s boss, the CEO, felt like Sam’s energy and enthusiasm for sales and his competence at the subject matter end of the business would be a perfect match for him leading a sales team.