What We Think
Blog Catagories
What is Your Leadership Communication Style?
Do you know what your leadership communication style is? Understanding your leadership communication style will help you communicate better with your team and help your team communicate better with you! So what are the different leadership communication styles...
The Dangers of Being a Conforming Executive Leader
Executive leaders who conform to the norms and expectations of others are not leaders at all. Execuitve leaders who conform are implementers of the tasks, goals and expectations that others have created. But, isn’t the CEO supposed to deliver on the expectations of...
Law Of The Lid
Recently, I was meeting with a client and his four-person leadership team. The client, Jim, has owned this business for 30 years, has seen up times and downtimes, been through recessions and booms. Now, he is ready to move on and some of the leaders want to buy the...
The JMT SHERPA EXPERIENCE
The JMT SHERPA EXPERIENCEWith Bill Bliss JMT Executive Director, Founding Partner• Jumpstart Your Coaching, Speaking and Training Business! With Bill Bliss JMT Executive Director, Founding Partner • Certified Leadership Coach with the John Maxwell Team! • Pre and...
Tis the Season….
During this season, many of us shift our focus to what we plan to buy for those in our families and sometimes for some of our work colleagues. It is really a great time of the year. Often, the things we buy have a defined shelf life – a specific time of use. When the...
Speaking Out
Scan our article archives for expert advice, opinion, and perspective on a number of leadership and development issuesSuccession Planning
Succession Planning – A Necessary Business Tool
In a December 2008 survey of approximately 600 business leaders and owners, 67% indicated they did not have a written succession plan in place. Of those who had a written plan in place, 55% of them said the plan was either out of date or needed significant revision....
Succession Planning for the Small Business
So you have grown your business to the place you want it to be and you are thinking of an exit strategy or just retiring. Congratulations! But the new question is who is going to run this company when you hang up your business cleats? Succession planning is all about...
Goal Setting
Goal Setting and Goal Achievement
Much has been written about goal setting. Yet, many people comment that they are not satisfied with their performance in achieving those goals. This article is intended to address not only the effective setting of goals, but also to identify 8 steps to ensure that you...
Communication
Law Of The Lid
Recently, I was meeting with a client and his four-person leadership team. The client, Jim, has owned this business for 30 years, has seen up times and downtimes, been through recessions and booms. Now, he is ready to move on and some of the leaders want to buy the...
Employee Hiring & Retention
Are You Attracting Top Talent?
If you have been in the market to hire or replace someone on your team lately, you will agree we are in a war for top talent in all sectors and job disciplines. I suppose everyone would like to have top talent on their team, yet the question is, “Are You Attracting...
Insight On Developing Leaders
A few years ago I had a call from Chris, a client who was the Chairman of his organization. Chris told me he had just hired a man named Jim as his new CEO, and asked me to conduct an assessment of Jim’s fitness for the role. After we joked Chris’s call would have been...
5 Questions To Ask Before Using Personality Assessments In Your Hiring Process
Hiring a new employee is always a risk. No matter how much you try to learn about someone through interviews, references, and other traditional methods before making a job offer, you can’t be certain the candidate will succeed. To reduce that risk, many organizations...
Delegation
The Value of Delegating
For the small business owner, deciding what, when and how to delegate, along with to whom to delegate to, are sometimes very difficult decisions to make. After all, it has taken your blood, sweat and sometimes tears to build the business. If you really want to let the...
Coaching
Are You An Equipping Leader?
Recently I began working with Mike, CEO of a growing start-up with outside funding and about 100 employees. Mike is an engineering genius who is new to the CEO role for a. He really desires to grow his skillset and excel as a leader. (By the way, he came to the right...
Integration
Successful Integration of Merged Organizations
In today's fast-paced business environment, there have been a large number of mergers, acquisitions and other forms of major organizational change. Lately, hardly a day goes by that yet another merger or acquisition has been announced in the news. These happen to...
Compensation
Deciding How Much to Pay Employees
Given the tight labor market of today, many companies struggle with the issue of how much to pay employees. You certainly want to pay someone based on the value they provide the company, but how do you decide exactly what that amount should be? You would probably...