Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JANUARY 21, 2012

The events before, during and after the January 13 tragedy aboard the Costa Concordia point to a true failure of leadership at every level, from the captain who ran the luxury liner aground during a drive by “salute” off the island of Isola del Giglio to the chief executive Pier Luigi Foschi who is denying any responsibility.

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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. The last component of a compelling vision is having a clear set of operating values. Ken Blanchard. This is critical.

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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

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, 2012

This was the situation the leaders of Southern New England Telephone Company (SNET) faced in 1994 when Connecticut deregulated the local market. It involved restructuring into wholesale and retail operations and providing an array of new retail services. . Why did they find themselves in this difficult situation?

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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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