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February 11, 2014 |
Leadership |
Jim Canterucci |
Comments Off on How will your people know what to do?
A new process needs to be introduced. Perhaps the need initiated in an upper level strategy session, customer meeting, while solving a problem, or you just have a good idea. After...
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February 4, 2014 |
Leadership |
Jim Canterucci |
Comments Off on The danger of reigning in your talent
Assumption: You’ve built a talented team. Of course, everyone is growing because you’ve spent time as a leader to assemble the best resources you can. Perhaps...
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January 28, 2014 |
Leadership |
Jim Canterucci |
Comments Off on When your boss is a tool
My friend, Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, has a leadership maxim called “Kick-Up and Kiss-Down.” What do you do when your boss is doing the opposite of...
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January 21, 2014 |
Change Leadership, Leadership |
Jim Canterucci |
Comments Off on Quit calling them soft skills
Skills are skills. Would you say a mechanic finessing a bolt is using soft skills? Is a lawyer effective if he only knows the statutes? Is a physician effective if she only treats...
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January 14, 2014 |
Leadership |
Jim Canterucci |
Comments Off on A Keeper Test for Managers
A document for internal Netflix employees was released on Slideshare called Reference Guide on our Freedom & Responsibility Culture. This document is a pretty strong culture...
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January 7, 2014 |
Leadership |
Jim Canterucci |
Comments Off on Do your staff members want to kill you?
Do you listen to them? My friend Scott Ginsberg in his Hello My Name is Blog posts: How to Keep Your Employees from Wanting to Kill You His four points are great: 1. Let people...
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December 31, 2013 |
Leadership |
Jim Canterucci |
Comments Off on Warning: Leadership Gap Ahead
Pssst! We’ve heard your leaders are leaving your company. Would it set you on edge to hear that from a stranger? Worse yet, a recruiter? Is your business prepared for the...
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March 29, 2012 |
Leadership |
Jim Canterucci |
Comments Off on Managing YOUR time
Time can’t be managed. However, You can manage yourself and your environment. Whenever I talk about leadership and making improvements in this area the first question starts...
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February 24, 2012 |
Leadership |
Jim Canterucci |
Comments Off on The rhythm of the conversation
Many people have a fear of speaking up. Some of us (definitely me included) have the opposite problem. Call it type A, high D or whatever label you’d like but if you think...
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August 11, 2011 |
Leadership |
Jim Canterucci |
Comments Off on How many leaders have you created?
An emerging leader was going in for his annual evaluation last week. I asked him to work with his boss to change the rules for how he would be evaluated in the coming year. Will...