by enleadadmin | Jun 19, 2012 | Decision Making Skills, Leadership Development
In this Musings on Leadership I look at Planned Serendipity – break throughs that lead to chance, or chance leading to creativity a definition orginally from neurologist James H. Austin. In Wendy Lea‘s interview with Thor Muller and Lane Becker co-authors...
by enleadadmin | Jun 18, 2012 | Communication Skills, Decision Making Skills, Leadership Skills, Motivational Skills, Teambuilding
In our earlier posting on Leading Creativity Through Forward Focus I talked about some experiences of play and creativity, how only about 20% of us retain that creativity, and asked how we can maintain or find it again. Today I want to focus on a few ideas for play or...
by enleadadmin | May 8, 2012 | Decision Making Skills
In our book on Enlightened Leadership, we highlighted 6 change-friendly principles and one of them was the importance of a highly adaptable and anticipatory mindset in a great leader. While in theory we tend write about Organizational Leadership, sometimes we see all...
by enleadadmin | Apr 11, 2012 | Decision Making Skills
All too often when we make important decisions (in our lives as well as in business), we allow our judgment to bias our final answers. Essentially we subconsciously seek answers that merely confirm the conclusions we had already come to. It’s the ‘I knew it” or “I...
by enleadadmin | Apr 2, 2012 | Decision Making Skills
To be a good leader you need to have strong decision making skills. Some people have this ability naturally and others need some guidance to learn how to make the best decisions. One technique I’ve discovered and use all the time is described below by James...
