- What Ferrari and Bentley Can Teach You about High Performance Culturesby Trevor Jones on 4 december 2023 at 13:02
Building a high performance culture requires focus, dedication, and a relentless drive to make the organization function at peak levels. Can you transform your organization into a high performance culture? Today’s post is by Hugh Blane, President of Claris Consulting and author of 7 Principles of Transformational Leadership (CLICK HERE to get your copy). It was one of the most thrilling moments in my life. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
- When someone you’re negotiating with makes a completely unreasonable demand, how do you react?by Trevor Jones on 30 november 2023 at 18:02
Our reader poll today asks: When someone you’re negotiating with makes a completely unreasonable demand, how do you react? I counter with something I can accept 57.23% I tell them they’re unreasonable and to come back with something better 30.39% I stop negotiating entirely 3.83% I ignore their demand and proceed as if it was never made 8.55% Unreasonable demands can end a negotiation. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
- Handling Politics and Personal Agendasby Trevor Jones on 29 november 2023 at 11:32
Politics and personal agendas can derail a high-performing team. Learn the difference between being savvy and being political. Personal agendas and politics can derail the performance of your entire team and your team will no longer be high performing. You have to get the team focused on what matters and enable everyone on the team to rise above the politics and the personal agendas. Now, there’s a difference between being savvy and being political. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
- How to Effectively Navigate a Crisisby Trevor Jones on 27 november 2023 at 13:02
To effectively navigate a crisis scenario, companies must have a clear response plan to react promptly and honestly, and learn from their mistakes. Today’s guest post is by Thomas Mustac, Publicist — Otter PR Crises come in all shapes and sizes for businesses, but no matter how big or small, an organization will be overwhelmed if they have not adequately planned how to approach the crisis. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
- How do you deal with someone who is passive aggressive?by Trevor Jones on 23 november 2023 at 18:00
Our reader poll today asks: How do you deal with someone who is passive aggressive? I ignore it and focus on the work 40.26% I call them out on it and work toward productive resolution 39.62% I get passive aggressive myself in retaliation 11.36% I get directly aggressive to counter the behavior 8.76% Pushing Back on Passive Aggression. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.
- Prioritizing Your Efforts with Strategic Filtersby Trevor Jones on 22 november 2023 at 11:32
Strategic filters can help you prioritize your efforts based on the objectives of your organization. Once you’ve created a list of initiates that you’re going to pursue to help you achieve your vision, you need to evaluate those initiatives according to objective criteria for comparing them to one another. Because ultimately you need to prioritize those initiatives. The ones you’re going to pursue are the ones that meet the majority of your objective functions. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.