A Critical Doer capitalizes on opportunities to be better A good friend recently shared an article from the Harvard Business Review with me. It immediately caught my attention because the authors are two of my favorites…Chip and Dan Heath. Along with Malcolm Gladwell, they have a gift for distilling heavy research into a folksy narrative […]
Category: Uncategorized
Mind To Feet Model For Organizational Action
How Far Can You See? If you’ve spent any time in organizational leadership, regardless of whether the organization is a company or a family, I’m sure you’ve experienced the common struggle all of us in the business have faced when it comes to breaking through inertia and turning ideas into action. Most of you […]
Gimme More! A Simple Story Of Identifying The Real Problem
A Critical Doer attacks problems and creates opportunities from the inside out I have a simple anecdote to share with you that gives a nice illustration of thinking a problem through to the root cause before identifying a solution. In other words, solving a problem from the inside out. In a previous enterprise, a manager […]
Great Leaders Think Differently Than The Rest Of Us…And Then They Do!
A Critical Doer is committed to thinking and acting Lolly Daskal is a very successful blogger that writes about leadership and critical thinking. I recently came across one of her posts entitled “7 Ways Great Leaders Think Differently Than Everyone Else.” The post was very good, and I’m not going to take exception to a […]
Innovative But Not Innovating
A Critical Doer controls what is theirs to control Is it possible to be innovative but not innovating? A recent article in The Economist published a study ranking nations in innovative efficiency and through an innovation index based upon universities, patents, and citations. The United States was near the top of the chart in innovative […]
Battle Of The O’s…Ownership and Objectivity
A Critical Doer understands following One of the paradoxes of leadership is understanding how to follow, particularly when it comes to subordinate members of your organization. One of the most common places where we see this cause problems is in the generation of ideas where ownership and objectivity can be at odds. In short…ownership […]
Finding What You’re Looking For: Jody’s Story
A Critical Doer keeps risk and failure in context with opportunity and success A Critical Doer works as hard to develop strength of character as strength of talent Truly amazing people never step doing amazing things. In a previous post, I introduced you to a friend and coworker named Jody Hershbine. Besides being a […]
I Almost Judged A Book By Its Cover
A Critical Doer Is Willing To Lead I have to admit I nearly passed on reading Leadership Is Dead: How Influence is Reviving It by Jeremie Kubicek. The assertion in the title “Leadership Is Dead” cuts against the grain of everything I believe and know from my 28 years of leadership experience. Upon advice of […]
Self-Made
How Far Can You See? The number of people who feel confident that they can get on by their own abilities is steadily declining. You will recall the saying that Napoleon’s soldiers were inspired by the belief that each of them carried a marshal’s baton in his knapsack. Perhaps this was not really the […]
Labor Day Special: Lesson From A School Bus Stop
How Far Can You See? Everyday life is full of great lessons. I was running a little behind getting out of my neighborhood a few mornings ago. Normally I’m long gone by the time school busses make their rounds. On this morning, I had to wait while a bus made a pick up, and […]