by Marlene Chism | Jul 1, 2016 | Change, Responsibility |
Building trust is critical to leadership success. Wherever you see lack of initiative, low morale, or no engagement, ask yourself if the root problem is really a lack of trust. When your employees do not trust you, your credibility suffers. Here are three ways to...
by Marlene Chism | Jan 1, 2016 | Change, Leadership, No-Drama Leadership |
When writing No-Drama Leadership which was published in 2015, I had the privilege to interview one of the greatest leaders of our time, Francis Hesselbein, former CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA. Frances defines leadership as a matter of how to be, not how to do,...
by Marlene Chism | Oct 30, 2015 | Change, Leadership Lesson |
Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone would just stop their drama? If it wasn’t for county government, your boss, and your employees things would just sail along, right? But…is it really your boss? Is it really county government? Is it really your employees? What is Drama?...
by Marlene Chism | Jun 11, 2015 | Change, Engagement, Environment, Power |
One of the most disturbing things I hear from an executive is when a leader wants to fire an employee but can’t because the person is two years from retirement. It tells me the employee is no longer engaged, or has been allowed to continue to work even though...
by Marlene Chism | Apr 17, 2015 | Alignment, Change |
Opportunities to grow and improve are around you every day, but you often miss them. Why? Because it’s easy to miss the signs of opportunity. Much of the time we simply don’t have the eyes to see the opportunity. Instead, we take a drama-perspective. When...
by Marlene Chism | Feb 25, 2015 | Alignment, Change |
Every leader dedicated to personal growth has a picture of their future self. It’s easy to talk about “someday when” and think that the situation must change first. (The situation in need of change being time, another person, the weather, or some...
