by Bill Bliss | Jun 25, 2014 | Bill's Blog, Leadership, Teams
In his book The Advantage Patrick Lencioni has written about the importance of having a cohesive leadership team. He says the next competitive advantage for organizations is having a leadership team that is cohesive as measured by 5 critical elements. ...
by Bill Bliss | Jun 18, 2014 | Bill's Blog, Coaching
Many of the greatest leaders throughout history have utilized thinking time to create incredible results. Henry Ford said that thinking is the hardest thing to do and as a result, 95% of the population don’t do it. Instead, the vast majority of people essentially...
by Bill Bliss | Jun 4, 2014 | Bill's Blog, Coaching, Teams
The evidence is clear – the most successful leaders have a laser-like focus on a few major goals and resist the tendency to have many goals they are trying to advance. As Jim Collins has said, “Good is the enemy of great” meaning that as talented leaders, we can do a...
by Bill Bliss | Jun 3, 2014 | Bill's Blog, Coaching
Often times, the terms managing and leading are used interchangeably. Personally, I believe there is a significant difference between the two. Peter Drucker is credited with the following distinction: Leaders make sure the right things get done and...
by Bill Bliss | May 28, 2014 | Bill's Blog, Coaching, Teams
“No good leader puts off to tomorrow what they can delegate today” are the wise words of Peter Drucker. Many of the leaders I work with have a difficult time delegating. As a matter of fact, there has only been one executive in my career who was known to be the...
