This past November, the new District 26 Toastmaster of the Year for 2012-2013 was selected and it has given me a moment to reflect on my past year as the out-going Toastmaster of the Year. My friend Alan Swartz likes to kid me a bit because he knows I didn’t have a strong grasp of […]
Life is a series of presentations in which we are called upon to think fast and deliver a quick response. “When you are fast…people think you are smart, they think your products are higher quality, they think the management of your organization is higher quality, and they are willing to pay more for your solutions […]
Sustaining Successful Organizations As noted previously in The 4 types of organizations – What stage is your Organizational Leadership in?, an organization focused on sustaining success is always building on their successes, they are on the cutting edge. These groups are always challenging themselves and they do not rely on the status quo. Startups, new […]
Realignment As noted previously in The 4 types of organizations – What stage is your Organizational Leadership in?, an organization needing realignment has a foundation and multiple strengths, this group needs some redirection to get it back on the path to a sustaining success or successful organization. Maybe you are beefing up some of the […]
Turnaround As noted previously in The 4 types of organizations – What stage is your Organizational Leadership in?, turnaround organizations are at a decision point…if you go one way, you fail; if you go the other way, you have the opportunity to succeed. Employees, members, and stakeholders within your organization are demoralized. The processes and […]
Startups As noted previously in The 4 types of organizations – What stage is your Organizational Leadership in?, startups typically have limited resources (capital, human resources, and technology). These groups or individuals may be starting a new business, service, group, product, project, etc. There is typically a steep learning curve and a lot of energy […]
What is Standing on the shoulders of Giants? This is essentially working with a support group, coach or mentor so you aren’t completely recreating the wheel. It doesn’t really matter what stage your organization is in, you always need somebody to bounce new ideas off of or somebody who you can talk to when working […]
What type of organization are you? When you first hear the question, your initial response may be: Product or Service company Profit, non-profit, government Retail, Restaurant, Engineering, etc. One thing that I have learned over the last 16 years, all organizations fall into one of the following categories (and for lack of better terms, I’ll […]
Best Practices… It is interesting how every industry and profession has best practices. It is also interesting how similar they are across industries as you will see in some of the examples below. I personally like to see what the best practices are in different industries and then modify them to fit the situation. A […]
