by David Barrett | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog, Leadership, Strategy Execution
At the time of writing, our world is in a state of crisis – with the Covid-19 virus taking control. For many of us, times like these pose immense obstacles as we try to plan for the future: organizationally, professionally or personally. Please join me for 4...
by David Barrett | Mar 11, 2020 | Blog, Leadership, Strategy Execution
Leaders at all levels, these days, are dealing with rapid change and uncertain times. This has brought a new reality to our planning and the execution of our plans. More than ever, we need to be able to ask, “Why are we still doing this?” – and act on the answer. In...
by David Barrett | Feb 19, 2020 | Blog, Leadership
Respect, trust and loyalty are earned over time. We have heard this many times before. And then in walks the new boss and within the first few months it becomes very apparent that he or she did not read the manual. Frankly, it never ceases to amaze me that this...
by David Barrett | Feb 5, 2020 | Blog, Everyone, Leadership
In my last posting, we explored the business of decision-making. Great leaders know how to make decisions logically and in a timely manner. In post #1, I suggested that good decision making requires: Solid research A good evaluation of all the options Decisiveness A...
by David Barrett | Jan 29, 2020 | Blog, Leadership
Good decision-making skills are in my top 5 list of the most important leadership qualities. If you ask a group of employees about what they look for in a good leader, you will get many answers. Most certainly, the ability to make good decisions, will rank up there....
by David Barrett | Jan 22, 2020 | Blog, Leadership
Originally published in August, 2015 I was recently listening to a group of teenagers talk about their summer jobs and most of the talk was about the leadership style that one of them was dealing with. I heard the words, “They don’t set a good example” numerous times...
