The session was to begin at 8:30 AM for the executive leadership team. At 8:30 AM we were missing two of the key members and the CEO asked me to wait for them. At 8:45 the CEO got up and went to look for his two team members that were missing. He came back at 9:00 am and said, “They’re big boys so let’s get going.”
Okay, using what you know about Outcome Thinking®, imagine that you are one of the players in the room. What message did you get when the CEO asked for the meeting to be delayed for the two key players? What message did you get when he came back at 9:00 am, without the key players?
Every day your team looks at what you say and do to see if it balances with the principles of the organization. If it doesn’t, they have to decide if the principle has merit or if they should ignore it and instead follow you.
This CEO came up and asked me afterwards what he should have done. My response, “Stick by the principles you want everyone to live with day in and day out. Let’s explore the hidden messages that were sent and you tell me which you want to support and which you don’t.” So he and I explored what message he was really giving in that session and whether it was the one he wanted or not.
If you were one of the two key players who were not present you learned that day:
1. Your time is more important than team time.
2. Learning is secondary to everything else. It is okay to be late for learning.
3. If you want to avoid something you easily can.
4. There isn’t equal power on the executive team, you can usurp the power if you want it.
Those who were there on time got these messages:
1. Power distribution is not equal.
2. I can come late and there isn’t a penalty so why come on time for the next meeting?
3. Learning is not for everyone.
When he stepped back and looked at these messages he realized he was inadvertently causing one of the big problems he was trying to change. The problem he was having was that decisions made by one group or team were being overthrown by another team and there were turf wars. As he looked back he said, “Now I see how I helped create those turfs and allowed them to exist by giving mixed messages.”
With Outcome Thinking® leadership development you will make sure you don’t undermine your own authority by not clearly sticking by your principles. As Joan Allen said in the movie The Contender “Principles don’t mean anything unless you’re willing to stand behind them when it is inconvenient to do so.”
Take Action: What principles do you give “lip service” to but not action? How will you change that this week?
Develop Your Leaders for a Collaborative, Innovative & Accountable Culture! To learn more go to https://www.impressionmanagement.com or call IMP Today! Phone 952-921-9421; Toll Free 888-IMP-9421.
Aw, this was a really quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this too – taking time and real effort to make a good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and never seem to get something done.
Aw, this was a really quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this too – taking time and real effort to make a good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and never seem to get something done.
DON’TS when you become a manager: Don’t fall into the usual “boss bashing” activity that goes on in most offices in the coffee room. You lose credibility, you lose control and above all you lose reputation. You are a part of the management now.
Good post and this mail helped me alot in my college assignement. Thank you seeking your information.
This site is so great that i will honor it with my comment :)
When I first graduated a few years ago I had to work for a lot less than I thought I would have to. My advice to anyone just out of law school is to get your foot in the door and worry about the money a few years in the future.
Nice to become visiting your website yet again, it has been months for me. Nicely this post that i’ve been waited for so extended. I have to have this article to comprehensive my assignment inside college, and it’s got identical topic with your article. Thank you, fantastic share. Jordan
Out of extreme complexities intense simplicities emerge.
I just needed to say that I found your blog via Goolge and I am glad I did. Keep up the good work and I will make sure to bookmark you for when I have more free time away from the books. Thanks again!
Great post and website! I have bookmarked it and will check back ofter. I also linked you to my site.
Terrific work! This is the type of information that should be shared around the web. Shame on the search engines for not positioning this post higher!
Amazing. Thanks for such a wonderful post.
Nice post. Pretty good to know for anyone who’s interested in social networking.
This post was really helpful to me for some research I’m doing. Thanks for the great free rescourse.
Good evening there, always enjoy reading your blog postings. Keep up the great Work!
A topic close to my heart cheers, found you through Bing.
I am relatively new to the net and needed to research this subject. Thought it was a fantastic blog very well written and helpful. I will definitely be coming back to your website to read more posts as i really enjoyed this one..
Everything has improved extremely grateful to you for the sper working in the whole program ..online education degree
Thanks for this usefull information.
My mom and I wish to develop a blog site similar to this for our website, I stumbled across your website trying to find some ideas on the theme along with design. I am taking some html coding class while attending college and not certain that I would be capable of develop a site like this one at this time. Did you code this site by yourself or use a professional?
hey, nice blog…really like it and added to bookmarks. keep up with good work
I loved this post it’s exactly what I was looking for.
Hey we all need good cheap webhosting, well HostGator offers cheap webhosting and excellent support. Take a quick look at one of their packages – They are definatly the best hosts out there. HostGator – Cheap WebHosting ($4.95 UNLIMITED hosting), VPS hosting and Dedicated hosting
Is it alright to use your feed?
You really make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic to be really something which I think I would never understand. It seems too complicated and very broad for me. I am looking forward for your next post, I will try to get the hang of it!best student loan consolidation companies
great blog thank you
I want to know how to subscribe this blog T_T
Useful information, many thanks to the author. It is puzzling to me now, but in general, the usefulness and importance is overwhelming. Very much thanks again and good luck!
Hi, i was just doing some browsing at work. Your Posts are Really Awesome! Where is Subscribe Button in this blog?
Informative post, this is. It is always nice to come across a post that is useful.
What a writeup!! Very informative also easy to understand. Looking for more such blogposts!! Do you have a twitter or a facebook?
I recommended it on digg. The only thing that it’s missing is a bit of speed, the pictures are appearing slowly. Anyway thank you for this information.
I think one of your advertisements caused my internet browser to resize, you might want to put that on your blacklist.
Hello I’m so fired up I came across the website, I truly found you by accident, while I has been studying upon Google regarding another thing, Anyways I’m the following today and also would likely want to state regards to get a remarkable post and a all round exciting weblog (Furthermore, i really like the theme/design), I do not have plenty of time in order to search all of it on the second however i possess book marked it and also additional the RSS feeds, so when I’ve time I’ll be back to read a lot more, Please do maintain the truly amazing work.
Keep up the wonderful piece of work, I read few articles on this web site and I believe that your site is rattling interesting and contains lots of great info .