by Julie Poland | Aug 27, 2018 | Life as a Leader, values, Vision and Strategy
Your company’s culture supports (or interferes with) the achievement of your strategic goals. Sometimes leaders are keenly aware that their culture is “broken.” They see the symptoms – reduced productivity, high turnover, or the dread even the...
by Julie Poland | Nov 30, 2017 | Strategic Leadership, values
Yes, this is another post about discovering and living core values in your biz. Feeling a bit jaded about “core values,” thinking that they are feel-good marketing hooey? Have you seen too many posters that proved to be all talk with no connection to observable...
by Julie Poland | Apr 12, 2017 | and Communication, Life as a Leader, Strategic Leadership, values
Word choices matter. Do you see business as a game or a war? Do you talk about beating competition or achieving goals? The words used by you and the people in your business support (and reveal) your company’s culture. This means that if you want to be...
by Julie Poland | Nov 15, 2016 | Coaching, Growth and Change
You can’t overestimate the importance and power of knowing what you want. Let’s start by asking the question, “What DO you want – really?” Are you finding that the answer doesn’t leap to the front of your mind?The struggle in...
by Julie Poland | Nov 10, 2016 | Influence, Life as a Leader, Uncategorized
What happens when you have to work with “the enemy,” someone with whom you disagree on some rather fundamental principles? What do you do when you find that you have to embark on a project with someone with whom you have some not-so-positive history? How...
