If You Think That You Have a Problem…You Do!
If something is not right with your team, your approach, and/or your results, are you prepared to diagnose the problem and take decisive action?
If something is not right with your team, your approach, and/or your results, are you prepared to diagnose the problem and take decisive action?
When it comes to a long term, toxic performer, don’t let your discomfort or fear delay the inevitable. Take the appropriate action, and good things will come to you and everyone in the organization.
Research tells us that critical reasoning is the single most important correlate to job performance. The good news is that critical reasoning abilities can be measured and evaluated when hiring for a leadership position.
Balancing the tension between risk and reward in pursuing the goals of an organization is an attribute that first-time leaders can learn by observing others, joining a peer group, or engaging an executive coach.
All CEOs face times when consensus just isn’t possible, even with good dialogue. Whatever decision you make, some will be happy and some unhappy. Then what?
Leadership is about taking risks and creating change. This requires commitment to a future vision, and then executing with confidence. Or, in baseball terms, “attacking the strike zone.”