November, 2020 THE PACIFIC INSTITUTE ARTICLES As we enter the last month of the year, we are faced with the goals we met and those we didn’t. (If we are achieving 100% of our goals, we are not stretching ourselves or our team.) Now, if we have been stretching, how do we lead through the … Read more
November, 2020 THE PACIFIC INSTITUTE ARTICLES As leaders, we often hang onto employees, who do not fit into the organization, for too long. There is a mix of reasons and rationale we tell ourselves, but these come at the expense of the culture and the performance of the rest of our team. To be clear, … Read more
November, 2020 THE PACIFIC INSTITUTE ARTICLES A great conversation to have with your team (especially if they are leading their own teams) is around the difference between leading volunteers versus leading employees. Not only does this conversation reveal their underlying leadership philosophy, it highlights their assumptions about their current team. This is a great opportunity … Read more
november, 2020THE PACIFIC INSTITUTETHE WINNER’S CIRCLEAs we attempt to create more agile organizations, pivoting to meet the emerging opportunities in the marketplace, we understand that we need to take risks. At the same time, the culture we have created has our staff taking the safe, tried-and-true path in spite of our efforts to encourage risk … Read more