Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Allow leadership to emerge. Roles and responsibilities shift as the nature of the work changes, and leadership emerges according to what is required. They foster innovation through a diverse workforce and bring people with diverse perspectives together to find creative solutions. Know the business and the landscape.

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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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Tactics Construction CEO Follow-up 227

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. Communication, our ability to learn, share knowledge and innovate has never been greater. Leadership is not simply learned; it is lived.

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Intellectual Capital Learning-by-Doing Emotional Intelligence Skills 246

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 21, 2012

If your team is responsible for product development, innovation and creativity need to be core values. Don’t wait for senior leadership. If your team is responsible for financial reporting, accuracy needs to be a core value. If your team operates a cruise ship, safety needs to be a core value.

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Customer Loyalty Long-term Chemicals Bottom-up 226

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. Where is safety?

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Company Human Resources Loyalty Ethics 180

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 8, 2013

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. Dr. Tanvi Gautam (Managing Partner, Global People Tree ) helps organizations adopt innovative talent management practices. Why does vision feel devoid of meaning?

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Storytelling Katz Magazine Tactics 183

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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