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. Hiring for current skills, not long term capabilities. When small, hiring for the short term is necessary as your resource needs are not always clear. Are their brains wired for big picture, future-orientation, goals/results thinking? Success Blind Spots .

Company 100

Company Leadership Long-term Short-term 100

The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 2, 2014

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. It has been found in behavior-related studies, that human beings think they are better than they really are.

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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

JUNE 17, 2015

It’s an impossible goal to reach! Your goal should not be to eliminate all fear. In the short term, pretending you have no fear to move forward with your goals and actions can actually be a healthy choice. Are you a leader that fantasizes about the day when you will be free of all fear? Guess what?

Leadership 100

Leadership Construction Power Long-term 100

The Empowered Buisness

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Another book gem comprised of 100 short, yet powerful leadership ideas for inspiring the best from others. Rather than take it on faith, you get to prove for yourself, through nine short experiments, how the power of intention can change yourself, your world and your outcomes. This book makes growing as a leader an enjoyable process.

Books 113

Books Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing 113