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Physical impossibility to be in two places at once? Yes. Absolutely possible though for any good leader? Again, I would say yes.
I’ve had the privilege and pleasure of coaching several senior leaders this year and helping them tackle some significant performance issues. One of the common challenges that continues to come up is developing and supporting others as they elevate their individual capabilities and skills. Read more ›
Different things speak to different people. For me, sometimes it’s the lyrics in a song that move me to tears. Sometimes, it’s the message on a billboard or even the common theme of a popular TV show or classic movie that puts an unexpected smile on my face. This time, it was an email signature file that struck a chord and really spoke to me.
Ivan clearly is a high-potential leader in one of my client organizations. He was recently promoted from a second-level management role where he was responsible for not only running a successful store operation but also training the next generation of managers to the third level of leadership where he is now responsible for running multiple stores. I trust Ivan will only be in this position for as long as he needs to be because his motto is, “Aim high, Achieve higher!” Read more ›
Plus Delta’s CEO and Chief Architect Dr. Jeremy Lurey has partnered with the BAodn to bring you two highly engaging and interactive workshops in the Bay Area.
Click on the links below for more information or to register for these workshops:
Low-Tech Leadership Practices for the High-Tech Era
Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 5:30 pm
We are in a unique period in organizational life these days with four generations of men and women – Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation Xers, and Generation Y Millennials - still active in the workforce. This highly interactive and engaging workshop delivers the tools and skills BAODN members and other business leaders need not only to better understand
organizational culture but also to positively influence it to produce better business results.
Making it On Your Own: Leading Practices for Running a Successful OD Consulting Practice
Friday, November 2, 2012 at 9:00 am
This interactive ½-day training program helps participants explore the key drivers for successfully launching their OD consulting practices and develop the critical skills they need to effectively manage and grow their firms once established.
It always amazes me how many business leaders believe they have a pulse on their organizations yet they never stop and ask their people how they’re actually doing. That’s a pretty self-centric way of looking at the world – and your organization – if you ask me. It is so common though for organizational leaders to think they know what’s going on that it’s actually kind of funny.
I would offer that part of this dynamic is that self-centric point of view many leaders have as they get wrapped up in their own stories and ideas. With that said, many leaders deserve a little more credit than that because they only know what their people tell them. And if their people aren’t telling them the whole story, then it makes perfect sense that they wouldn’t have an accurate read on how their organizations are doing!
It takes a powerful organizational culture with great leadership at the top to realize that an employee’s experience has a significant impact on how he or she performs at work. Over the years, I’ve come to call this “discretionary performance”. Companies pay their employees, and therefore they show up at work. Who shows up at work though – someone who gives it their all or someone who punches the clock and goes home as fast as he or she can – is up to the discretion of that employee. Read more ›
Every fall, I have the unique opportunity of dusting off my not-so-fashionable bumble bee-colored AYSO referee jersey and giving back to my community. I’ve actually been refereeing for 8 years now ever since my now 13-year-old son Dylan started playing soccer. I sort of fell into it at the time because agreeing to ref was the only way I could get Dylan off of the wait list and on to a team. Looking back, I am so grateful that I did!
What’s funny though is that as soccer gears up every year, I literally think to myself, “I hope the coach doesn’t ask me to ref again because I’m too busy to do it.” Fortunately for me, the coach does ask for volunteers every year, and thus far I have sheepishly agreed to do it whenever asked. Read more ›
In September, I ran my first triathlon. It was an exhausting – and exhilarating! – experience, and I’m quite proud of my extremely respectable 2-hour and 10-minute pace for this Classic distance. I would have liked to have taken 10 minutes off of my ride to break 2 hours, but that’s another story…
Unlike my first half marathon that I ran earlier this year, I took this race very seriously and actually trained for it all summer long. I ran short distances a couple times a week, I rode my bike a couple of miles at a time, and I participated in swim clinics most weekends at Zuma Beach to practice swimming in the Pacific Ocean. Read more ›
It is a Western American tradition every January 1st to wish our friends, family, and professional colleagues a “Happy New Year”. Well for thousands of years now, it has been a Jewish tradition to wish those same important people in our lives “L’Shana Tova”, or a “Good Year”, during the High Holy Days, a period that lasts from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur.
Please don’t read this as a critique of American culture. I for one am happy to make my New Year’s resolutions with the best of them every year and celebrate the end of the holiday season with well-intended well wishes for everyone. I only offer this distinction as a different point of view that may produce very different – and powerful breakthrough – results in your life this year. I can be happy in any given moment and not so much the next. Read more ›
Need help getting your consulting practice off the ground? Are you already “in flight” and want to take your boutique consulting firm to the next level? Don’t miss these two exciting opportunities that will deliver the tools and skills you need to be an effective solopreneur and not only successfully launch your consulting firm but also manage it once established!
Plus Delta’s CEO & Chief Architect Dr. Jeremy Lurey is dedicated to enabling consultants who excel technically in their primary areas of expertise to become strong solopreneurs who also excel in running their own businesses. Far too often, skilled practitioners launch their independent practices without fully considering the challenges ahead of them and therefore are not able to make it on their own. This struggle causes many good consultants to take down their “shingles” in search of other roles. Read more ›
The life of an Alaskan salmon is an interesting one to say the least! These adventurous fish are born as little eggs in gravel nests at the bottom of Alaskan streams and river beds. They then hatch and grow and mature until they are able to start their journey downstream towards the Pacific Ocean. After swimming more than 2,000 miles, they then swim back upstream literally to their original spawning grounds where they started. These adult salmon then lay and fertilize their eggs beginning the circle of life again.
Whether you’re an Alaskan salmon making your way back and forth to and from the high seas or a CEO maneuvering your way in similarly unchartered waters, the journey is not too different. Read more ›
There is so much we can learn from children and their passion for life. This summer, Plus Delta celebrates children by supporting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and matching all triathlon contributions supporting the cause dollar-for-dollar. Plus Delta’s CEO & Chief Architect Dr. Jeremy Lurey is participating in the 26th Annual Nautica Malibu Triathlon next month. Please help us reach our goal of raising $2,250 for the event and especially for those children in need.
For more information about CHLA, please visit their website at www.chla.org. Or if you’d like to learn more about the Malibu Triathlon, please visit www.nauticamalibutri.com. Whatever you do, please click here to visit Jeremy’s fundraising page and donate whatever you can. Remember, every dollar you contribute really equals two! Read more ›
