“Greatness is a matter of conscious choice and discipline…”
"Everything rises or falls on leadership." John Maxwell ______________
"The scope and scale of the ability to Lead is defined by the demonstration of the commitment to Serve." J E Garr III
---------- 'The leader of the past was a person who told,’ Peter Drucker once said. ‘The leader of the future will be a person who asks.’ Robert Kramer, director, exec ed programs, American University
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"Leadership is about change. It’s about taking people from where they are now to where they need to be. The best way to get people to venture into unknown terrain is to make it desirable by taking them there in their imaginations.” Noel Tichy, "The Leadership Engine"
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Thought of the Week...
Question: What is the main difference between high-performing and low performing IT organizations?
There are many addages that exist in this world but here are a couple that seem to be rising to the top of my world: 1) "With age comes wisdom and sometimes age comes alone" and 2) “You have to learn to follow before you are able to lead…”
The "Nature of Talent"
One means of improving productivity and engagement in your workplace is to replace struggling employees with better ones.(read more)
What is....Standard Leadership?
...assumes employees to be robots and do as they are told. Typically based on man's natural instinct that only Leadership is capable of making quality decisions. Also known as Command-and-Control leadership. Low efficiency is caused by the disconnect between management and the frontline. Management is busy dealing with problems that affect them while ignoring problems that affect the frontline. Frontline problems are only dealt with when they explode into a major problem.
A long term employee of the Missouri Department of Conservation. I believe in our directives as outlined in our Constitutional Mandate and work daily to add value to this Organization. My intent here to share some of my personal thoughts, ideas, and/or perspectives for other members of the Technology Services Staff.
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