Leadership
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable – by Patrick Lencioni A surprising number of the leaders we work with talk about the need for teamwork with their peers but manage from a silo mentality. This book clarifies the issues that get in the way of an effective leadership team and provides great…
Read MoreManaging Transitions
Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change – by William Bridges A significant number of the organizations we work with are struggling with the necessary transition from being entrepreneurial to “getting organized.” The larger challenge is that their leadership mindset often keeps them from even being able to see how their behavior is holding them…
Read MoreThe Practice of Adaptive Leadership
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World – by Ronald Heifetz This book brings together all of Heifetz’s work to date on adaptive leadership and change, and addressed the complex and ambiguous nature of our current environment. His work here aligns beautifully with all the components we…
Read MoreGet There Early
“Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present” by Bob Johansen. Nobody can predict the future, but you still have to make sense of it to be successful. Leaders are facing a world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity–a world laced with dilemmas. This book shows how to sense the future to…
Read MoreFrom fight/flight/freeze to “sinking open”
Our Aikido training has us looking at how to let go, breathe and “sink open” as soon as we notice that our fight/flight/freeze response has been triggered. There are two key dynamics here. The first is noticing our reaction in the midst of that reaction. The second is being willing to open up – let…
Read MoreGetting clear about what we are leading
In the midst of uncertainty and our VUCA world, there are some traditional ways of leaders that we could do well to re-evaluate. One of the places to start is by getting clear about what we are leading, which will hopefully lead to an exploration of what it means to lead, to be a leader,…
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