Category Archives: leadership

(#442) Community Building: Beyond Why to How

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

The question, in my mind, moves beyond why we need community to how we go about building and sustaining it. While dichotomies can be simplistic, they can also help frame a conversation. When you seek a community, toward which end … Continue reading →

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(#437) Your Meeting Deserves a K.I.S.S.

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Keep It Simple and Short Do an internet search for “effective meetings” and you will find a few suggestions. About 185 million. Is there a “secret sauce” for an effective meeting? A few questions to consider as you plan your … Continue reading →

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(#427) Someone Must be the Grown-Up in the Room

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

The leader helps us see what is possible, especially when we do not have that vision in our experience. Transformation does not just appear. It requires vision, thought, communication, respect, difficult questioning, and better listening. Transformational leaders help orchestrate that … Continue reading →

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(#418) Helping A Village Find Its Voice

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Listen and respect one another. Find your voice. Use your voice. Pursue your rainbows.  We have heard that the village raises up a child.  What do we do, however, if the village has inadequate infrastructure, health disparities, high crime and poverty, … Continue reading →

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(#409) More with Less or Less with More?

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

If the “more-with-less crisis” is followed by another “more-with-less crisis” and yet another, simple arithmetic indicates with each “more” there is a lot “less.” And then that becomes the norm.   Toward the end of my high school teaching career the … Continue reading →

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(#403) Create Your Own Story Or Someone Else Will

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

It may be too late. Perhaps you have witnessed it.  People in a leadership position who fail to communicate clearly and effectively. An organization experiences gut-wrenching turnover, service decline, loss of client base, and eroding collegiality.  The people charged with … Continue reading →

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(#370) What’s Your B.M.I. (Bureaucratic Mass Index)?

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

Has your bureaucracy morphed into a soul-sucking and resilience-retarding beast? Bureaucracy catches a lot of heat. “The Bureaucracy.”  When something goes wrong….blame it on “The Bureaucracy.”  Of course, “The Bureaucracy” provides the structure. The people (the bureaucrats) make it move … Continue reading →

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(#361) Where’s My Trophy?

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

How would you develop a meaningful and effective employee recognition program? What represents “average” and what looks like “excellent” at your workplace? Transformational leaders understand the importance of timely, authentic, and meaningful employee recognition.   The leader knows her people … Continue reading →

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(#359) Collisions and Serendipity

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

If managers across the company landscape remain insular, they can end up repeating redundant routines and retreating behind territorial barriers. “Collisions” represent opportunities. Visionary Tony Hsieh believes we need to “maximize collisions to accelerate serendipity.” That is, we need to … Continue reading →

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(#358) “I Don’t Want To Burn Out”

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

How can we raise our awareness, question our assumptions, and create meaningful actions for improvement? One researcher found that 29% of American employees say they thrive in their jobs (or 71% do not thrive).  A study out of the Stanford … Continue reading →

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