by Jim Struck | Nov 7, 2016 | Articles, Leadership Effectiveness
How Is Your Behavior Contributing to What You See? Our leadership focus this month is about the connection between our behavior and what we observe from those we lead. My story with the lead question is both embarrassing and encouraging. It was through this ‘exposure’...
by Jim Struck | Oct 3, 2016 | Personal Development
How Critical Is Your Critical Thinking? “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” Albert Einstein Over the years, I have come to appreciate the attribute of critical thinking in the people around me. I have learned that critical...
by Jim Struck | Jul 4, 2016 | Articles, Leadership Effectiveness
The 360 feedback process for leaders has been around a good number of years. Over the years I have probably heard as many complaints about what a waste of time it was as I have people lauding its merits. Most of the complaints fall into one of two categories. ...
by Jim Struck | Apr 4, 2016 | Articles, Communication
For the better part of the first half of my life I viewed conflict as something to be avoided. I grew up as one of the 84% of this world that are conflict adverse. I wanted to be liked and loved. In my head that meant avoiding conflict with people. My...
by Jim Struck | Mar 7, 2016 | Articles, Communication
Last week I was talking with a high potential leader. It was a casual conversation about how they came to get into leadership, about their family, and about what they wanted to ‘get’ from their job. It was one of hundreds of similar conversations I have had over my...
by Jim Struck | Feb 1, 2016 | Articles, Human Resources, Leadership Effectiveness
Start with understanding the characteristics of your team that work really well. Often, they are the characteristics that distinguish you in the marketplace. Finding the right people doesn’t have to be difficult. I wrote a piece last February on high turnover and a...
