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April/May 2009
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Vol 2, Issue 2 |
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Leadership Central
Thoughts to accelerate your success |
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| Greetings! |
In March 2009, Executive Velocity launched our Twitter account at http://twitter.com/ExecVelocity. Through Twitter we will be sharing thought-provoking, daily questions, known as "Coaching DQ", which will (1) challenge you, (2) lead you to new ideas, and (3) stretch your comfort zone. Click on the link above to join us on the road to exploration and leadership development.
In the latest edition of our eNewsletter, Leadership Central, we welcome author Frank Fenello, President, Finance & Accounting, MDI Group, who contributed the article, Being a Good Leader Today Can Save Your Career Tomorrow. Thank you, Frank!
We also take a look at the importance of showing leadership strength during these difficult times, and suggest some steps you can take to maintain your own strength as well as your employees' and your organization's strength.
In addition, we continue to delve into the many new and creative ways to leverage the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) in the workplace by exploring how to identify personality types though emails and voicemails.
From all reports, the economy will be slow to turn around. Therefore, I challenge each of you to focus on those things you can control in your company. Since we don't have control of how fast or slow the economy will change, ask yourself the following questions: "what can I control?" and "how can I manage and change what I can control in my business to thrive in this economy?"
Finally, for some inspiration, click on the following YouTube link, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao, which is an award-winning, 5-star video on how positive attitude can impact everyone around you. Although 16 minutes long, do stay with it as it is very moving and well worth your time!
Here's to your continued leadership success!
Beth Armknecht Miller, CEO
Executive Coach
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Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Identify Email and Voicemail Type
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In our high tech world, often we never meet the people we work with face-to-face. The majority of our interaction is via the Internet or over the telephone. Without the ability to see a person's body language and facial expressions we lose up to 60% of a communication's meaning between two people.
"Non-verbal cues are as or more important than verbal cues. The subtle
circumstances surrounding how we say things may matter more than what we say".
- Malcom Gladwell, The Tipping Point
Understanding personality types using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) can help to enhance communications, especially in situations where body language can't be observed. Read more...
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| Tough Times Call for Strong Leaders |
When working with business owners and leaders, I am constantly reminded of the stress they currently endure in this difficult economy. Most have had to make tough decisions for the long term health of their company and more importantly, about their employees. More often than not these complex decisions include the release of good employees as well as cutbacks in salaries, wages and benefits for those people who remain. These employees are faced with even more work and often less compensation for their increased efforts. Leaders are well aware of the impact this has on everyone's morale and productivity. As a business owner their own personal finances may also be severely impacted by the financial health of their business. Most feel personally responsible for the employees who they have had to let go as well as those who remain. Read more... |
Being a Good Leader Today Can Save Your Career Tomorrow!
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By Frank Fenello, President, Finance & Accounting, MDI Group
When times are good, leading is easy. The risks are not as high, the challenges are fewer. It's easier to let a bad decision slip under the radar. That is until circumstances change. Look at the financial sector today. Consistently mediocre management and management practices were a large part of the crisis equation. Mediocre leadership can fester for years before it catches up with an organization. But when it does, the bottom falls out.
According to a November 2008 U.S. News & World Report article, "America Needs a New Style of Leadership," failed leadership in the financial sector has led to lack of trust in leaders of America's most important financial institutions. That doubt in the competence of U.S. financial leaders may already be spreading to other sectors. A remarkable 80 percent of Americans today believe that the United States faces a leadership crisis-up from 65 percent in 2005-according to poll results released by the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Merriman River Group. Read more...
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About Executive Velocity
Executive Velocity (EV) is a leadership development assessment and coaching firm committed to ensuring the success of top-level executives and business leaders of emerging companies in the professional services, technology, and healthcare sectors. EV leaders maintain certifications in such assessment tools as Myers-Briggs and Hogan. For more information, visit our website at: http://executive-velocity.com | |
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