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Culture matters. Even more during crisis.

March 30, 2020 By Leann Wolff

Culture matters. Even more during crisis.

Sometime after 9/11, the first responders were interviewed about how well all the teams from multiple departments and areas came together for the rescue and the fire. The chief being interviewed pointed to all the training they had done. They had trained on individual events that occurred but never … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication, Management

80 hours a week

October 10, 2017 By Leann Wolff

80 hours a week

On Friday, I spoke with a woman who was working 80 hours or more per week to meet the expectations of her boss. To be fair, her boss might not realize how much time she is putting in. We discussed how often we assume others know what we are doing and how often they don’t realize what we are doing to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General

Facing a not-so-new new reality

June 22, 2017 By Leann Wolff

Facing a not-so-new new reality

When McKenzie published the reading lists of global CEOs, I discovered only one book appeared on multiple lists: four CEOs listed The Seventh Sense by Joshua Cooper Ramo. These guys (yes, all men) are charged with guiding their companies to success in the coming months and years, and four chose this … [Read more...]

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Success for the long-term

March 18, 2015 By Leann Wolff

Success for the long-term

What does it take for a company to survive and even thrive for more than one or two or five centuries? In The Living Company, Arie de Geus and his colleagues analyzed companies that were older (more than 150 years) and at least as large as their own company, Royal Dutch/Shell, from around the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Strategy, Sustainability Tagged With: Leadership, Management, Strategy, sustainability

Telling someone what to do isn’t coaching

November 1, 2010 By Leann Wolff

You have someone on the team who isn’t doing his fair share. The guy hasn’t been a super star but a good worker most of the time. What do you do? Option 1: Get on his case; tell him to get with the program because there are five other guys waiting to take his place. Option 2: Point out what you’ve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General

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