Adsum Insights Blog

Virtual Teams: Handling the Sudden Shift leadership: developing others/building teams

As the joke goes, it is not the fall that kills you.  It's the sudden stop.

Hundreds of thousands of virtual teams have formed, almost overnight.

From a team effectiveness standpoint, the key...

Continue Reading...
Answering the Call of the "Generosity Gene": Helping Others Grow leadership: developing others/building teams

At some point in their careers, the good leaders discover inside themselves what Jack Welch calls a "generosity gene." When the traits of that gene...to continue the metaphor...manifest,...

Continue Reading...
Revisioning Six Sigma's Legacy through the Lens of Culture culture leadership: delivering operational outcomes

Delivering the punchline before telling the joke is a terrible strategy for standup comedians. But as an approach to writing, it has its merits.

Here is the point of this article: Six Sigma was the...

Continue Reading...
Letters to a Young...I/O Student first 100 days / career

Someone about to enter a Masters program in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology recently contacted me asking for advice about what "top skills and high demand tools" he should focus on in...

Continue Reading...
Teams: Coaching's Next Frontier and the Implications for Executive Coaches leadership: developing others/building teams leadership: managing yourself

Coaching continues to increase in popularity in corporations.  There are multiple reasons, but the bottom line is that there continues to be a big need for skill development for people in...

Continue Reading...
An Important, but Underutilized Values-based Interview Question first 100 days / career leadership: managing yourself

Values-based interviewing suddenly seems all the rage.

The idea here is that you ask questions around important personal values that will contribute to success on the job or that are aligned with...

Continue Reading...
The New Leader: Writer and Written leadership: managing yourself

A very successful coaching way-station is when your client clearly sees that they are co-creating the world they are living in.  "By Me" in Michael Beckwith's Model of the Four Stages of...

Continue Reading...
First 100 Days: Initial Meetings with Your Staff first 100 days / career leadership: developing others/building teams

Your first day in a new leadership postion is often filled with activities you might not get much say about. There is usually a benefits sign up with HR and a company orientation meeting. Your boss...

Continue Reading...
Adsum Insights First 100 Days Program Featured on Real Leaders Podcast first 100 days / career

Few companies and individuals have a game plan for the First 100 Days on a job and the personal and organizational costs can be enormous. 

I was recently interviewed by Sue Heilbronner...

Continue Reading...
Walking the Talk on Teamwork: No One Conditions Alone leadership: developing others/building teams

A few years ago, I served as the Strength & Conditioning coach for a youth travel hockey team. To prepare, I reached out to some experts to get some guidance on working with a group of teenaged...

Continue Reading...
A Rejoinder to HBR's Recent Blog on Starting a New Job and the Role of Culture culture first 100 days / career

The Harvard Business Review published a blog post with some advice about what to do in your First 100 Days. The blog was entitled When you Start a New Job, Pay Attention to These 5 Aspects of...

Continue Reading...
Did We Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater on Rank & Yank? managing call centers

Don't worry. This post is not a recommendation to bring back Rank & Yank carte blanche.

I am really excited about the paper my colleagues and I just published in the Journal of Consulting...

Continue Reading...
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
 

Want to hear the latest from Dennis?

 

You're safe with me. I'll never spam you or sell your contact info.