Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Stories of APPRECIATION – How One Person or Idea Can Change the Trajectory of an Organization
Story #1 I once facilitated a planning retreat for a 17-person leadership team of a local technology company… In preparing some of the content, we decided to review the “2022 Milestones.” The CEO was going to prepare the slide and send it to me before the retreat. I received it one-day prior, and it contained…
Read MoreIn Every Type of Organization, Clear Communication, and Trust Drive Performance
The less energy you spend trying to figure out what the leader is thinking, or interpreting what’s being said, or not being said; the less you’re preoccupied with whether they trusts you… the more you can focus of producing results. Case in point… The Philadelphia Phillies, despite one of the most high-powered lineups in the…
Read More5 Strategies to Communicate, Connect, and Lead During a Pandemic
By: Robert Hackman Covid-19 has become the primary preoccupation of our minds and hearts (in addition to Racial Injustice). Everything in our life and business is “contaminated” by the threats posed by the virus. Many of us would rather not have to focus on its implications on health, family, relationships, work, businesses, communities, and society.…
Read MoreUsing Art as a Frame for Expanding Leadership Competencies
What happens when managers and leaders look more closely and apply other “right-brained” competencies to drive growth and lead change?  Using the Barnes Collection as a backdrop to see management and leadership in a new and memorable way, the Barnes Foundation has launched the Research, Education, Adaptation, and Development (READ) Praxis. This new professional development…
Read MoreWhat Kind of team are we, anyway?
A new executive team, flush with investor capital, pulls together a group of highly skilled experts to build out a plan and operational strategy for a new digital healthcare platform. Each member of the nine-person leadership team was brought in for their specialized skills and experience – some from the startup world, others from established…
Read MoreFrom Artist to Executive Coach
From Artist to Executive Coach Ten reasons an arts education makes good business sense As an executive coach with a degree in fine art, I’m often asked “How did you go from artist to executive coach”? It’s a fair question. To clarify, in between I did spend a huge chunk of my career running a…
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