Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

It involved restructuring into wholesale and retail operations and providing an array of new retail services. . If they had involved wide representation of management and front-line workers during the earlier planning process, their people would have joined them on the journey from the beginning. Remember to have patience with process.

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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

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. Focus on the end result, not the process of getting there. Ken Blanchard. So what’s the picture of the future for our country?

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 20, 2013

What’s vision got to do with leadership?” Jams operate in the spirit of co-creation and improvisation. The Jams operate on this next level—by bringing together diverse people and three interdependent layers of change: individual, communal and systemic. We use a variety of visioning tools and processes in Jams.

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Diversity Learning-by-Doing Strategic Planning Education 175

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MAY 21, 2012

If your team operates a cruise ship, safety needs to be a core value. Don’t wait for senior leadership. Put processes in place to monitor and support the values being lived on a day-by-day basis. If your team is responsible for financial reporting, accuracy needs to be a core value.

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Customer Loyalty Long-term Chemicals Bottom-up 226

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JANUARY 17, 2012

If they don’t understand the importance of laying the foundation, or if they are impatient with process, or if they are too eager to begin, they will jump into the work prematurely. There is a growing sense of dissatisfaction or impatience, which might be directed toward the goals, leadership or other team members.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2012

If your company operates a cruise line, safety and entertainment are likely to be core values. Integrate the values into your daily processes and practices. Are your team values aligned with the company values? Do your team values support the purpose or mission of your company? Safety might translate to fiscal responsibility.

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