Let’s Talk About Culture
In this video, Dennis discusses key principles for creating a thriving culture.
How To Stay Out Of The Fog Of Drama
“Dennis, as a leader one of the greatest battles I fight every day, is the fight for clarity.” This is one of the most insightful comments I heard this week. It’s easy in our organizations to get sidetracked or derailed. There are a myriad of issues that pop up on a minute by minute basis […]
How To Take Control And Stop The Drama
Frustrated with situations & people not changing fast enough? We’ve all been there. We want results and quality outcomes, but everywhere we turn there are roadblocks. We try to push forward only to get detoured by the drama. We see the potential of what could be, but just can’t get past the blaming and complaining […]
What’s Needed To Stop The Drama?
Be prepared and stop the drama “This is the most prepared we are have ever been moving into a new year”, Mike shared with me. It was a different story 5 years ago. When I first started working with this service based business, there was no planning process. It was chaotic and stressful. I could […]
Your Leadership Garden
A garden’s goal is to produce. People don’t cultivate gardens and not expect a harvest. That’s foolish. It’s too much work. I remember the back breaking summer nights I spent picking weeds. Your life is just like a garden. You are meant to produce. A friend of mine, Mike Murdock, asked me once, “What is […]
How To Tap Into People’s Motivation
Emotion Drives Motion People bring the whole person to work. If an employee has personal problems, they will have business problems. Tapping into an employee’s intrinsic motivator requires understanding their GPS. G = Goals. What outcomes do they want to achieve? P = Passions. What do they love? S = Struggles. What constraints are holding […]
Episode 009 – The 3 Myths of Leadership – Podcast
Most leadership occurs from the middle of the organization. There is a difference between management and leadership. Management is more about compliance. Leadership is more about influence. Leadership is an art. If you can increase your influence, you can increase your leadership. The 3 Myths of Leadership If I’m not at the top I […]
Who do you need to become in 2015?
Being vs Doing The beginning of the year is typically a big goal setting time. We dream about what we want to do and accomplish. We make our plans about what we can achieve. Here’s the problem? Those resolutions rarely stick. They become yet another broken promise we have made to ourselves and before we […]
How To Eliminate Drama From Your Team
What’s stopping your team? As a leader one of your main assignments is to facilitate work. It’s not to do it all yourself. The best leaders get great results through others by engaging their team in the mission. Inevitably you’ll face this one challenge – Drama. It’s the key roadblock that is stopping your team. […]
Episode 008 – The 5 Needs Of A High Trust High Performance Team – Podcast
The culture you create determines the results you enjoy. You can have the seeds of a great organization but a bad culture and fail. If you grow a great culture, you’ll grow a great business. 5 Needs Of A High Trust, High Performance Team People act out of an unmet need. People do not do […]
Episode 007 – Becoming a Bigger Person – Podcast
Out-In-Out Principle: Out: Look out and see what needs to be changed. See the blind spots of your organization. When your emotionally invested in a project your vision is fuzzy. You can’t read the label when you’re in the bottle. You can’t change what you don’t see In: You can’t squeeze a grapefruit idea into […]
Episode 006 – The Difference Between Leadership and Management – Podcast
Myths Of Leadership 1. If I’m not at the top, I can’t lead. Build relationships with others to gain influence naturally. Leadership is about valuing people, caring about them and getting permission to lead them. People follow you, because they want to. Every level of a company depends on leadership from someone. 2. When I […]