So, why the moniker “Blue Collar Scholar”? My father signed his name with an “X”. I was raised in a blue-collar family. We scraped to get by. My father worked three jobs to help us survive. He could barely write his name and often used an “X”. As the son of a factory worker I was convinced I […]
Gain some tips for how to manage an Organizational Dragon.
“Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave […]
Since much organizational change takes place ‘at the front line’, we make strenuous effort to ensure the success of people who must ‘do the work’ every day. Procedures are written, barriers are analyzed, and exceptional efforts are taken to help front-line members of the organizations manage day-to-day actions when the change has been put in […]
The most important thing I learned in Driver’s Education was ‘check your blind spot.’ Candidly, that bit of coaching has literally saved my life multiple times throughout the past several decades. Not checking a blind spot can mean destruction while driving a car, but I often wonder whether leaders take the time to check their […]
Employee engagement has been around for over 20 years. If we are honest with ourselves, we know employee engagement is now part of the routine and does not hold the prestige and impact it once held. So, as an executive, have you thought beyond employee engagement to organizational level engagement? Organizational Engagement focuses on “We” […]
From multiple years of experience working with leaders across scores of organizations, I have devised this taxonomy of organizational distress. I. O.A.D.D. – Organizational Attention Deficit Disorder Symptoms: People have so many projects on their plate they can’t keep up. People are asked to take on more and more and more before they have finished […]