Tag: Sense Making

Leadership

The Capability Mirage: When AI Makes Your Organization Look Smarter Than It Is

I spent a good part of this week in conversations with some senior leaders, and I noticed something none of them quite said out loud. They believe that their teams are producing better work than ever. The decks are sharper; the analyses faster. The first drafts land almost finished. By every visible measure, the organization looks more capable than it did eighteen months ago.  And yet, underneath the polish, I could sense that there was something hiding in plain sight, something that has the potential to lead to catastrophic results if not addressed soon. When I reflected upon this, I […]

Leadership

Three Skills We Need to Continue to Improve for Life

Premise There are three things that we need to continue to work and improve as leaders, in order to continue to be an effective leader. These are fundamental in our evolution as a leader and true irrespective of where in the leadership ladder you are at. Believe What we believe have a significant impact on how and what we think is possible. The belief systems are usually sub-conscious in nature and most leaders are not aware of their own beliefs and how they affect our thinking and actions. As leaders we need to learn how to make that which is invisible […]

Leadership

Elevate Your Leadership Effectiveness

Premise One of the core responsibilities we have as leaders is to think about our business and continuously reflect on how we can improve the overall effectiveness of our leadership, our teams and therefore the business. Here are four questions that we need to reflect upon on a regular basis, and when done well, they can help elevate the effectiveness of our leadership: Questions to ask Yourself Regularly 1} What am I not paying attention to? Why? What can I do about it? 2} What is being left unsaid by my team members? Why? What can I do about it? […]

Leadership

Being a Good Leader is Hard Because

Effective leadership demands mastery in various areas: making tough decisions with limited information, fostering self-awareness, ensuring the welfare of others, practicing active listening, cultivating high performance, upholding organizational culture, remaining humble yet driven, building trust, managing conflict, aligning team and individual goals, hiring sagely, bringing appropriate energy, learning from successes and failures, treating everyone equally, inviting feedback, seeing potential, setting high standards, expanding influence, clearing team obstacles, taking accountability for failures, and adeptly switching between numerous roles as required.

Leadership

Leaders are Not Great, Leadership Could Be

I stumbled onto an interview with Simon Sinek where he shared his thoughts on what does it take to become a great leader. You can watch the video here. One of his core insight is that leadership requires courage, courage to do the right thing under pressure, courage to stand up to what we think is the right thing to do, courage to make the tough decisions with limited information, courage to set a direction and march forward (believing that it is the right direction), courage to give credit when things go well and take the heat when things don’t […]