What do you think when people fail to support you, or seem to actively put obstacles in your way, or fail to deliver what they said they would?
Do you get frustrated and angry? Or Are you curious about what went wrong? Read More
Tag: business leadership
Getting your team to make decisions faster
Can your team make a decision?
I was recently thinking about a moment in my career that taught me several things about team decision making.
It was many years ago in my staff meeting. I had opened a topic for discussion that I knew the members of my staff disagreed strongly about. Read More
Leading Business Transformation
This month’s webinar was on Leading Business Transformation.
If you missed it, you can download the podcast!
This is a useful webinar to download if you need to:
- Get a strategic initiative off the ground and make it stick
- Get stronger engagement and motivation from your team
- Keep important work on track despite urgent crises and demands
- Make sure your team and strategy are tuned for success
Get there this time!
Read MoreThe cost between OK and Great
Awhile back I wrote an article called the first 30 days about how to start a new job with the most credibility.
There is another important point I want to add.
Always show the cost
I see people setting themselves up for failure and credibility loss when they don’t differentiate the cost of doing a great job from the cost of doing an OK job. Read More
When your boss is clueless
I recently have written about bosses being addicted to detail, or wasting time by not appreciating the cost of asking a question.
Several people came back to me and asked me to write about the other side of this problem, when you boss stays so high level that they don’t know what’s going on and don’t understand what needs to be done. Read More
Marketing & Positioning Yourself
This month’s webinar was on Marketing & Positioning Yourself.
If you missed it, you can download the podcast!
This is a useful webinar to download if you need to:
- Prepare for a job search or interview
- Go after a promotion in your own company
- Prepare for your annual performance review
- Build a compelling, go-to library of career-management materials
- Be seen as your best, authentic self, more frequently and consistently
Free Download
If you are a member of Azzarello Group, you can download the webinar for free. Read More
Addiction to Detail
A lurking cost I see in business is what happens when executives are unwilling to let go of detail.
Executives who not only personally require a deep level of detail, but also require that everyone in the management chain understands and processes a deep level of detail, are paralyzing and demotivating their organization. Read More
The hidden cost of asking a question
A simple question…
One time when I was running a large organization at HP, I asked my financial analyst partner, “What is the current headcount in my organization?”
He said “How accurate an answer do you need?” Read More
What your employees need to hear from you
Last week I wrote about the importance of information sharing across an organization. If you missed it it’s a very important idea.
This week I want to share one more example, specifically about an executive’s responsibility to share information with the team — and the value of doing so. Read More
A key way to reduce business risk that many leaders miss
Late last year, I had a big AHA I want to share with you.
Here’s where it came from…
When I do strategy execution work with executive teams, I typically begin with an assessment phase where I talk with people across the organization at multiple levels. Read More
