I often hear leaders struggle with holding others accountable. They set goals and then get frustrated when their team doesn’t step up and take action. It is hard work having to push others…
Management
Assessing people is one of the most challenging activities for managers and leaders. I used to co-lead a coaching class at Intel. We asked each participant to bring in a real life challenge…
Change was a constant at Intel and one of the most common was organizational change. The long standing joke was how many managers you’d had over the past year or two. This became…
The pace of decision making can be very slow and frustrating. I talked previously in a blog about lack of trust leading to consensus based decision making. This occurs when everyone feels they…
In many organizations I work with decision making is a source of major frustration. I hear it takes so long to make a decision and then it doesn’t stick. In others, people don’t…
After a career with more than 25 years at Intel, the one-on-one meeting is something I take for granted. It is a non-discretionary management practice and yet I was surprised when I started…
Most people struggle figuring out what to delegate. This is especially true for me where I don’t have a staff to help me get things done. At the same time, I have options…
I recently wrote about my journey becoming a leadership coach. Doing so reminded me of some of the key things I learned, and one in particular came to mind. Everyone comes to work…
Early in my career I had the opportunity to be part of the leadership team for a business start up within Intel. It was an exciting time before the dot com bust. New…
At the start of our team leader workshops, we ask the team leaders to share their biggest challenge. A common challenge is how to balance management and autonomy. As a leader, how do…