The Empowered Buisness

MAY 6, 2014

I have always thrived on achieving big goals. My downfall was using a “white knuckle” approach to achieving those goals. While my details may be different than yours, how many times as a leader have you: Used brute force and over-efforting to achieve goals? When I was in my 20’s and 30’s, I was the queen of willpower.

Leadership 144

Leadership Short-term Motivation Long-term 144

The Empowered Buisness

JULY 14, 2015

For example, A successful CFO is likely to have such MAPs (Motivation and Attitudinal patterns) as — strong motivation toward procedures over options; a preference for solving problems over focus on goals; and a high past time orientation that drives focus on traditions, past experience and benchmarks. Goal Orientation.

Motivation 100

Motivation Leadership McClelland Long-term 100

The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 22, 2016

They are meeting or exceeding revenue goals. Does it serve the greater good of your company to be loyal to long time leaders whose roles have outgrown their capabilities and capacities? . Hiring for current skills, not long term capabilities. .” How much of your new growth focuses on what you do best?

Company 100

Company Leadership Long-term Short-term 100

The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 9, 2015

The most important of these leadership skills needed for the future will be: - Building a culture of self responsibility and accountability. - Coaching and developing new leaders. - Hiring “best fit” talent – in terms of motivations, values and competencies – to drive a high performance culture.

Leadership 100

Leadership Emotional Intelligence Strategic Planning Trends 100

The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 2, 2014

I am in favor of developing a mindset and culture that focuses on positivity, as long as it is authentic. My term for this is “cultural inflation.” So many companies fall short in their goals because they overemphasize strategy with little/no attention to the cultural aspects that drive it. Don’t get me wrong.

Company 135

Company Organization Cost Self-aware 135

The Empowered Buisness

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Yet, in my 30 years experience of working with leadership teams and companies, the terms “vision,” “mission” and “values” are THE most overused, misunderstood and abused words in the business community today. Big, bold goals are actually easier, more fulfilling and a heck more exciting to achieve than small goals.

Leadership 113

Leadership Long-term Short-term Mission Statement 113

The Empowered Buisness

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The goal of a leader as coach is to improve the behavior of his/her team. While awakening is definitely not a common term within organizations, leaders who operate at a high level of consciousness and being are the awakeners in the business world. It conditions you to think in terms of winning and losing or a zero sum game.

P&L 100

P&L Strategic Planning Mission Statement Game Theory 100