Ann Clifford, owner of Safari Solutions, shared the following comment on the first post in this series: “I've found that the best leaders are passionate about their mission. Assuming your mission goes beyond just making money, your enthusiasm and dedication to carry out your mission is embraced by your team. Your team will respect you for what you do and how you do, rather than your position title.” Very good comment Ann.
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Leadership, Team
My next step forward in this series on developing effective leaders and managers is to address an issue common to almost every leadership team I’ve worked with – indecision.
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Leadership, Team, Management, Process
First note that I have changed the title of the series from Leadership Development to Leadership Team Development. Leadership and management only has relevance in the context of an organization - leading and managing people. Any business organization has at least 4 major functions that must be driven and managed for the business to succeed. As displayed in our June 1, 2010 post, they are:
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Leadership, Finance, Team
As many entrepreneurs now know, Certified EOS Implementers begin every session by restating our expectations for the day. Every single time we do that - to date nearly 1,500 times with the leadership teams of more than 200 entrepreneurial companies - we've asked each member of the team to be "Open and Honest" with us, and with one another. As simple and reasonable as that request might sound, complying with it is difficult, even for the best leaders in the most successful businesses.
Topics: Implementers, EOS, Leadership, Organization, Team, Business