Productivity – Some MindSet Thoughts
One of my more intellectually interesting and inquisitive friends recently asked me an interesting question: What is the most potent driving force for spurring productivity? It was a question that I had not previously considered. As I now reflect, it seems that …
How Do You Listen?
Leaders do a lot of listening. We just often do it wrong. Jennifer Garvey Berger, the CEO of a London-based coaching and consulting company called Cultivating Leadership, has laid out a brilliant model for categorizing three types of listening. It is smart …
A Huge Deal: Crap Detection
In 1914, Professor John Alexander Smith addressed the first session of his two-year lecture course at Oxford as follows: Gentlemen, you are now about to embark on a course of studies that (will) form a noble adventure…Let me make this clear to …
Leading Through Scary Times
Humans react well to unexpected good events. We don’t, however, react well to unexpected bad events. When such bad events occur, fear is the emotion that results. At low to moderate levels, fear can stimulate action; at higher levels it can be …
Achieve Team Leadership with A Common Vision
Do you know what the best predictor is of whether or not a new employee in many large companies will find themselves having a terrific supervisor? Unfortunately, all too often the answer is dumb luck. Few companies have a genuine commitment to …
Why You Need to Have Less Accommodation for Poor Leaders
I recently presented a 3-hour leadership workshop to a small group of executives. I was covering the combination of MindSet’s seven principles of leadership and a topic we call “big mistakes leaders make.” When we took a break after the first 90 …
How You Can Overcome Catastrophizing
One of the reasons people fail to take actions that would be to their benefit is the paralyzation that results from fear – fear that can cascade into what we call catastrophizing. So you don’t ask that girl for a date. You …
Followship: The Secret to Leadership Success
MindSet has long stressed the importance – and even the obligation – of leaders making a genuine commitment to the success of their employees, and we often challenge our clients to embrace the audacious goal of seeing to it that every employee …
Consistent Leadership – The Foundation of a Successful Culture
Most large organizations have some terrific leaders within their ranks of executives, some mediocre leaders working right next to them, and often an abysmal leader or two thrown into the mix. The result is that a given employee’s likelihood of working for …
Best Predictor of Getting a Great Supervisor [Video]
What’s the best predictor of getting a great supervisor? Unfortunately it’s not as scientific as you would hope. Watch to see Dr. Hoogeveen explain what the best predictor is, and importantly, how you can prevent this unfortunate pattern in your company. If …
