by Bill Bliss | Jul 17, 2012 | Bill's Blog, Communication, Leadership
Discipline #2: Create Clarity As we continue to discuss the disciplines involved in building and sustaining Organizational Health in accordance with Pat Lencioni’s The Advantage, let’s reflect on a concept I discussed in an earlier post. Clarity is foundational to...
by Bill Bliss | Jul 11, 2012 | Bill's Blog, Leadership, Teams
As we continue to explore Organizational Health as a means to separate your organization from your competition, it is important to understand the significance of a cohesive leadership team. Even the phrase “leadership team” seems well overused today when we see little...
by Bill Bliss | Jul 5, 2012 | Bill's Blog, Leadership, Teams
According to Patrick Lencioni, “it is impossible to sustain a competitive advantage [solely] based on intellectual ideas.” This age of technology and virtually instant access to all kinds of information has rendered disciplines like Strategy, Technology, Finance, and...
by Bill Bliss | Jun 20, 2012 | Bill's Blog, Leadership, Teams
In a recent article by one of my favorite authors, Patrick Lencioni (author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and The Advantage among others), he was connecting a question asked on a reality television show to organizational health. Stay with me here, it is worth...
by Bill Bliss | May 23, 2012 | Bill's Blog, Leadership, Teams
As you begin to consider what it means to keep your followers’ best interest at heart, you may find yourself wondering what specifically does it look like to do this? In his Executive Coaching Tips podcast from January 2012, Tom Henschel speaks about this idea of...
by Bill Bliss | May 16, 2012 | Bill's Blog, Leadership, Teams
It’s easy to jump into a position of leadership without having a clear understanding of the importance of your followers. If you just asked, “why are my followers so important?” I would imagine your followers may be feeling a bit dissatisfied with your leadership. So...
