Leadership in Turbulent Times

DISPATCHES from the NEW WORLD of WORK
I Repeat Myself ...
Leading yourself in really weird times:

1. Be conscious in the Zen sense. Think about what you are doing more than usual. Think about how you project.

2. Meet daily, first thing, with your leadership team—to discuss whatever, check assumptions. Perhaps meet again late afternoon. Meetings max 30 minutes.

3. If you are a "big boss," use a private sounding board—check in daily.

4. Concoct scenarios by the bushel, test 'em, play with 'em, short-term, long-term, sane, insane.

5. MBWA. Wander. Sample attitudes. Visible but not frenzied.

6. Work the phones, chat up experts, customers, vendors. Seek enormous diversity of opinion.

7."Over"communicate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8. Exercise—encourage your leadership team to double up on their exercise.

9. Underscore "excellence in every transaction."

What Makes an Effective Executive!

Posting a Peter Drucker thought process on leadership:

Peter Drucker asked: "What Makes An Effective Executive."

- They asked, "What needs to be done?"
- They asked, "What's right for the enterprise?"
- They developed action plans.
- They took responsibility for decisions.
- They took responsibility for communicating.
- They were focused on opportunities rather than problems.
- They ran productive meetings.
- They thought and said "We" rather than "I."

13 Fatal Errors to be avoided for Leaders

Take it with a pinch of salt:
=============================
1.Failure to accept personal accountability
2.Failure to develop people
3.Trying to control results instead of influencing thinking
4.Join the wrong crowd
5.Manage everyone the same way
6.Forget the importance of Profit
7.Concentrate of problems rather than objectives
8.Be a buddy, not a boss
9.Fail to set standards
10.Fail to train people
11.Condone incompetence
12.Recognize only top performers
13.Try to manipulate people

Practical yet powerful!