The Empowered Buisness

MAY 6, 2014

Psychologists now understand that willpower is defined by 5 specific characteristics: Delaying gratification and resisting short-term temptations to meet long-term goals. focusing on long term company gains, rather than reacting to “short-termitis” or immediate gratification. Living your purpose, vision and values.

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Leadership Short-term Motivation Long-term 144

The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 22, 2016

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. When small, hiring for the short term is necessary as your resource needs are not always clear.

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.

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Leadership Emotional Intelligence Strategic Planning Trends 100

The Empowered Buisness

JULY 14, 2015

how to do something faster, better or cheaper) over procedures; high motivation toward goals, rather than avoiding problems; and high future time orientation with a focus on long term strategies, future customer needs and environmental changes. They want to pay more attention to a long term, rather than short term, view.

Motivation 100

Motivation Leadership McClelland Long-term 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.” A good example is the obsession with positive thinking within organizations. Don’t get me wrong. This phenomenon is called in psychology a “self-serving bias.”.

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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. They are overwhelmed with short term demands at the expense of long term possibilities.

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Leadership Long-term Short-term Mission Statement 113

The Empowered Buisness

OCTOBER 20, 2015

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. You will never win long term with this paradigm. The truth is ….

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P&L Strategic Planning Game Theory Mission Statement 100