Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Decision Making”
Presence and the Foggy Edge of Ourselves What does authentic engagement mean in the context of being a leader? Most of us are culturally trained to be externally focused; we are unconsciously driven by mental constructs and a belief system built over the years to help us maneuver through the complexities of life. These constructs predispose us to certain assumptions …
Many articles and blogs on leadership effectiveness tend to offer a series of action steps that describe best practices for leadership and decision making. Here is an example of such a list I read recently: Define desired outcomes Identify potential obstacles to those outcomes Design and implement right solutions. Though such a list is perfectly accurate and useful in the …
The most challenging aspect of training up leadership in an organization is in the work of emotional intelligence. A leader’s emotional intelligence is tied directly to their ability to create influence and to build a high functioning culture. In the previous blog we discussed how emotional intelligence is born from developing an inner observer; seven broad steps were suggested to …
Why Is Effective Leadership So Difficult To Pin Down? So many books have been written about the subject addressing many of the important facets that the act of leadership demands; clarity of vision, strategic thinking, high level management skills, cultural acuity, influence and emotional intelligence, to name a few. I find that the most challenging aspect of training up the …
