The other day I was binge watching Mozart in the Jungle. I love this show not just because of the story, characters and the set pieces but because of what it teaches me about leadership. Mozart in the Jungle presents the fictional transformation of the New York Symphony from an old school, tradition... Read more...
Companies attempt to tell their employees how to work in many different ways. These "company controls" inundate corporate culture by way of dress codes, nosiness into employees' work, requiring employees to follow specific processes or rules, when they need to come in and when they can leave. Excess... Read more...
Spike Strip: (also known as traffic spikes, tire shredders, one-way traffic treadles, stingers, stop sticks, a stinger in police slang, and formally known as a tire deflation device) is a device used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires. (Wikipedia) Complac... Read more...
When neurological systems begin to be disrupted and dissipate, we reach a point where there will either be an upsurge to a more complex system or a downshift to a less complex one.7 In our experience, if leaders want to progress forward up the spiral of exponential growth, they must face the natura... Read more...
As presented in part 1 of decision-fatigue Could Decision-fatigue Be Bogging Your Customers Down?, giving consumers too many choices is not efficient for generating more sales and acquiring new customers. However, this is also the case for your employees. Many people suffer from decision fatigue,... Read more...
Could decision fatigue be a reason why your business is thriving, stagnating or failing? What could you do to make decision making a "no brainer" for your customer? What if by doing so, you drive the transformation of your organization and exponentially improve its performance? Not surprisingly, ... Read more...
Since the 1990’s, most practitioners in the field of leadership development have been guided by leadership growth models which map six or more key transitions that leaders must navigate to successfully rise to greater heights and scope of responsibility The concept of Leadership Transitions³ is a... Read more...
We live today in a globally interconnected context that is changing by the moment, rife with rapid political, economic and environmental disruption and discord. We face perhaps more volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity than any generation before in recent human history. As we head into ... Read more...
Do remember a time when you resisted change? What was the reason? Today you are the leader of change and you are on the other side of it. How do you feel about resistance now? Too many leaders forget those times when they were at the opposite end of change. But now you are leading a major transf... Read more...
One of the hardest things to manage when working with clients on transformation efforts is that the people who hire you are often the root cause of why it is so difficult. “If we don’t change, our business will continue to decline, but our people resist,” or “We are facing a disruption an... Read more...
Collaboration is an expectation in today’s business environment. At its most fundamental level, collaboration is defined as working together on a shared task, project, or goal. Collaboration typically involves identifying roles, sharing knowledge, and creating consensus. Organizations tend to rely... Read more...
On June 20, the MSS Business Transformation Institute hosted the Transformational Leadership Forum with Action Logic Applications with panelists from across the nation. As is MSSBTI’s mantra, each forum hosted focuses on providing practical and time-honored leadership advice to transform an organi... Read more...