In my last blog I introduced my new leadership series – Complexity the New Normal.
My passion is implementing successful change that fulfills people and avoids the human cost of failed change.
We need a debate about how we develop rewarding working relationships today. (Rewarding not just productive). It is the competitive core – energizing people and harnessing technologies better than
anyone else. The ultimate standard for such rewarding relationships is a leader’s ability to sustain superior results over an extended period. The debate should focus three questions:
* What does it mean to lead?
* What does it mean to follow?
* When do you choose one from another?
Why is this debate needed for us to climb out of this recession?
People have lost trust. Many business leaders are seen as self-serving and subservient to shareholders.
So, I want to look at why leaders should focus on the essence of their organizations. The Essence is an amalgam of mission, vision, values, intent and ethics. These components are the focus of aligning and realigning people, and not delivering the corporate stone tablets down from Mount Sinai (or wherever the senior management strategic planning retreat was held).![]()
