In a traffic situation, the ‘Zipper Merge’ has been proven to be safer and reduce the overall problem by up to 40%. The zipper merge is a useful analogy for ‘pushing’ improvements in an environment resistant to change. Learn more about your 3 options.
If you’re going to fail, why not do it successfully? This article touches on 3 key points for how to do so, as well as example of ‘tripwires’ that will help you recognize when it’s time to take an alternative action.
Competence is a key factor in building trust. It’s a Simple Construct, with Leadership Challenges, and great Results. Here are 3 things you can do to help enhance trust, because without trust, all effort spent on strategy and execution can be diminished – and even negated.
I’ve observed the styles of many leaders and I find it interesting how we sometimes choose behaviors for all of the right reasons only to see them produce unintended consequences. One aspect of leadership that I have seen implemented in many different ways is the degree to which the leader allows herself/himself to be available to others. This article addresses the sometimes hidden costs of the Open Door Policy, five questions to identify the serious issues it may be helping to mask, and a suggested approach that achieves the underlying intent without the downside.
Shoes provide an interesting metaphor for thinking about how we handle the coordination of work and the other elements of our life. While we certainly wear a life shoe when we come to work, we often wear a work shoe during life. For a variety of reasons, this has become the new normal. This article reveals the shortcoming in how we have traditionally thought about the issue of coordinating work and life and presents a different way of thinking that is more aligned to our current work/life scenario. The results are higher profits, reduced medical costs, increased employee retention, and a rise in employee engagement. Can you afford to ignore that?
Lack of accountability. If there was ever a single characteristic of a culture that could guarantee underperformance, Lack of accountability has to be it. We’ve all seen it. Deadlines missed. Lack of follow-thru. Messages ignored. We’ve all experienced the frustration and aggravation and wondered why does it have to be this hard? This article provides a novel way to ratchet up the degree of accountability in your organization. BONUS TIP: Forwarding this to your team may be a small step that produces big gains.