By Melanie Parish @ 4:08 pm
I have been talking with people about resilience this year. It hasn’t been easy for many in business this year. There have been layoffs, sales numbers have been missed, survival has been the conversation rather than 5 year goals. Vision conversations and succession planning have been replaced with short term measures to get through the next cycle.
I think it made sense to cut back in order to survive. To put aside leader development and team building to focus on the bottom line. It was a wise business decision. It made sense in tough times to cut the budget anywhere possible.
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By admin @ 9:45 pm
On a recent trip to visit the kindergarten classroom of my 4-year old twins, Emerson and Xander, I noticed how many of the challenges we see on leadership teams do have roots early on—in the kindergarten classroom. I have to say, my childrens’ teacher is a brilliant. I watched her blend great facilitation , inquiry, and relationship skills while keeping the interest of 17 busy 4 year olds for an hour. I saw her demonstrate great leadership skills herself, but I also saw her teaching leadership skills—something we work hard to teach leaders to do. Here’s what I saw:
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