Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 25, 2012

Most of the companies I work with these days are multi-national – not because I am changing, but because companies are changing. These changes require some new sets of leadership skills. Developing leadership capacity. The development of leadership capabilities is a business issue.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 13, 2013

Leadership: It’s amazing how complicated leadership “experts” have made the topic. I am a senior ranking officer in what can only be called the Legion of Leadership Complexifiers (the LLC). We members of the LLC make our livelihood plumbing, parsing, and peddling leadership concepts. Guest Post by Bill Treasurer.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

APRIL 1, 2015

Eventually the companies became gunked up. → Read More: The 9 Essential Leadership Strategies in The Age of Information. The post The 9 Essential Leadership Strategies in The Age of Information appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership. They were not healthy places for people.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

AUGUST 5, 2012

Years later, long after his wife had regained full health, he was still with the same company. The longer Barbara worked for her company, the more aware she became of practices that made her uncomfortable. Sedated slowly. First she discovered they collected information on customers without their knowledge, but she rationalized it.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Leadership is about going somewhere. Too often companies identify their business strategies without considering whether the people are prepared to implement them or whether the culture is aligned. The good news is: you already learned them in kindergarten. In the end, the soup was delicious.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

AUGUST 1, 2017

When managers are coaches, everyone benefits – you, your team and your company. The post The Space Between Coaching and Delegating appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership. You get a lot of positive feedback for giving great advice and helping solve problems.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 2, 2018

I recently joined the board of directors of a mid-size company that had decided to drop a new business venture in which they had invested heavily. We have been told that the best companies are […]. The post A Flawed Idea Well-Executed Does Not Fail Forward appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

I know John Bell as a leadership expert. By the age of 47, John had turned a bankrupt company […]. The post From CEO to Novelist: A Case Study of Radical Career Change appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership. Fortunately I’m traveling tomorrow and will have time to finish it on the plane.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 30, 2017

According to a 2012 Future Workplace Study, 91% of millennials expect to stay in a job for less than three years, and Fast Company reported a study pointing toward 4-year careers. The post Career Mobility Forces Organizations of the Future to Transform appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2014

In a recent Huffington Post article, Ford Motor Company chairman Bill Ford and former Google.org director Larry Brilliant are described as business leaders who advocate mindfulness. Many companies are offering yoga classes on the promise they will boost productivity, reduce sick days, increase mental clarity, etc.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Did you know that small businesses make up 97% of all private-sector companies in the U.S.? The post The small business dilemma: Raising capital without selling your soul appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Guest post by Scott Mautz Emily Colburn, a 36 year-old marketing director in a mid-sized consumer goods company on the West Coast, was squarely planted among the nearly 70% of us that research indicates have “lost that lovin’ feeling” at work. The inspiration she used to feel in her job, the full-on passion for it, […].

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Mark was upbeat at the end of his first day at his new job as a programmer for a small tech company. The post 3 Tips to Quickly Onboard New Employees appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership. High Performing Organizations Leadership new employees new hires onboarding' A few days later, he wasn’t so upbeat.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Most companies aren’t ready and don’t understand the impact that this generation will have. Yet, fewer than half of US companies currently have a workplace flexibility program and a mere 10% have entrepreneurship or community service programs. Companies are just not equipped right.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

APRIL 3, 2012

The company was poised on the brink of a transformation that would make it an industry leader. All quite bright and accomplished in their area of expertise, they were articulate about the issues they faced as a team and as a company, what they had done to address them and their thoughts on what needed to happen next – a high powered group.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2014

I had the pleasure of interviewing Scott Eblin, one of my favorite leadership experts, about mindfulness – the focus of his excellent new book Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative. A number of Fortune 500 companies, including Google, AOL, Apple and Aetna, now offer mindfulness classes for employees. .

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

APRIL 26, 2016

Time and again, we see examples of companies that […]. The post The True Test of a Vision appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 11, 2013

I’ve always said, leadership without vision is like trying to drive blind – it won’t end well. Businesses don’t have vision issues – they have leadership issues. Simply holding a leadership title/position doesn’t make a person a leader. Let me be as blunt as I can… leadership decoupled from vision is nothing short of a farce.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 14, 2013

I had the pleasure of interviewing Doug Conant, newly appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Avon and the former President and CEO of Campbell Soup, where he led the company through a dramatic transformation, reversing the declining trend in earnings and employee engagement. This is one of the challenges of 21st century leadership.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

how do they feel about each other, the leaders and the company? In addition to my regular leadership blog, I offer “Thursday Thoughts” – simple truths to remind you of what you know and provide an opportunity for reflection and deeper understanding. appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2014

If you work for a global company, your team might be located in the United States, Germany and India, but you can easily communicate via email and can have face-to-face team meetings through video-conference. . Communication Cross-cultural communication'

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

APRIL 22, 2015

For example, a window shade company might sell window shades but their purpose might be to light control and privacy. appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership. Leadership Vision and Strategy' Consider your purpose from your customer’s viewpoint. → Read More: What is Vision?

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 26, 2015

The first female officer of Stanley Black and Decker, a 150 year old manufacturing company, Barbara Bennett was among the first women in Fortune 500 companies to break through the glass ceiling in 1989. Her direct, yet easy-going style allowed her to fit quite well with the male-dominant culture.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 21, 2012

They can at companies like Disney, Starbucks, Southwest, McDonalds and Google – all listed in the top 15 of the 2012 most admired companies. Why I fired my tree service company. Because the company had not clearly articulated and communicated safety as guiding values to their employees, they lost my business.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Their business Grace Hearth might be considered a catering company – they cater all sizes of events, from weddings and meetings to small social gatherings. Grace Hearth Knows appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership. Is it possible to earn a living, have fun and make a difference in the world?

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 13, 2015

That really shakes things up and gets change going – especially if you replace them with new people who come in with a different attitude about the company and the work. The post 3 Approaches to Culture Change: What Works appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

This was the situation the leaders of Southern New England Telephone Company (SNET) faced in 1994 when Connecticut deregulated the local market. However, a few months before the “go live” date (July 1), during a day-long meeting, the officers of the company realized the people who would need to implement the plan were ill-prepared.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

Although he wasn’t clear about his vision for the company, he just wanted help writing a good statement that would satisfy the board. To explore this further, I have invited several leadership experts and thought-leaders to join me in sharing their views. Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner – Authors of The Leadership Challenge.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

It was written by the marketing department for customers, and is disconnected from daily life in the company. The post Why Your Vision Statement Puts People to Sleep And Why Theirs Doesn’t appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership. It sounds like “God, Mother, and Apple-Pie.”. It’s boring.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JANUARY 8, 2012

The senior leadership of this company had gathered together and had not taken advantage of the opportunity for the team to provide leadership for the company as a whole. Besides being a waste of everyone else’s time, a huge opportunity was lost. Holding a meeting to keep people informed is not a good reason to meet.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

It should be clear exactly what the company it is about and easily explainable in plain language. Here’s an example of a generic statement from a real company. These kinds of statements mean nothing and even worse make people lose confidence in the leadership of their company. I – Identifiable. N – Never-ending.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

APRIL 22, 2012

Todd Nielsen has extensive leadership experience as a CEO, COO, President, & Vice-President of companies in the IT & Telecommunication industries. He writes about leadership at his blog: A Slice of Leadership. The journey may not be easy, but the reward will be worth it. About Todd Nielsen.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 8, 2013

Many years later as I work with companies, I often wonder why most don’t feel energy around the vision they created. My insight on the topic is based on the corporate storytelling work I do on transformational leaderships as well as storytelling for influence and engagement. Of a future so grand that it seemed unreal. Fast forward.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 8, 2012

Rising to the challenge of 21st Century Leadership starts with recognizing our ability to do GOOD by building GOOD leadership, GOOD business, GOOD communities, GOOD families, GOOD lives. In another century, at a time of great chaos and crisis, Betsy Ross told Thomas Jefferson that times of great challenge demand great leadership.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 24, 2013

A Leadership Vision for America: Rebuilding a Divided House. The complaints are not so much about the leadership capability of the current president as they are about the political system in general. Few people have impacted the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. Ken Blanchard.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 7, 2012

As companies expand and become more complex, no matter what organizational structure is in place, people must work with each other across reporting lines. When we move away from a control-base approach to leadership, not all efforts to influence will be successful. But times have changed.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

For the past two years, I’ve been laying out my research, concepts and process for creating a shared vision, interspersed with information on building high performing teams, organizational change, collaborative leadership, and navigating non-hierarchical work environments. Leadership is a dance, not a one-way street.

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