Phil Cole
Firing: An Uncomfortable Responsibility of Leadership
There are several reasons that leaders must decide to fire an employee or else risk the group's performance.
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Phil Cole
Nov 13, 20212 min read
Finding New Behaviors (SEEING EXERCISE)
This seeing exercise for learning is designed to facilitate the places to find new behaviors. Many times, we observe or read about a good...
Phil Cole
Nov 12, 20215 min read
Avoid "Do It My Way" When Building Relationships (Part 2, Leadership for Entrepreneurs)
When entrepreneurs become leaders of others, they neglect the leadership function of relationships. This sounds like "do it my way."
Phil Cole
Nov 9, 20218 min read
The Entrepreneur's Vision vs. The Leader's Vision (Part 1, Leadership for Entrepreneurs)
Entrepreneurs have vision. But it is not a leadership vision. Learn the 3 reasons why it is not and 3 tools to avoid these mistakes.
Phil Cole
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Interchange Relationships: The Example of Inventory
If your organization struggles to keep supplies and materials in inventory, this example of interchange relationships is for you.
Phil Cole
Nov 1, 20213 min read
The Function of Vision and the Goodness of Leadership
Listen to this on the Short Takes Podcast or on your favorite podcast app (episode 48). The function of vision is a story that we...
Phil Cole
Oct 26, 20214 min read
Coaching as a Leader (REVIEWED: iCOACH by Thomas D. Zweifel)
Coaching is a hot topic these days. Everyone is trying to become a coach, or trying to become a coach of coaches. It seems like the big...
Phil Cole
Oct 15, 20214 min read
A Tactic for Other's Frustration - and an Unfortunate REVIEWED: No Ego (Cy Wakeman)
This one is going around, and I should have known better. I admit, I came into Cy Wakeman’s No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of...
Phil Cole
Oct 8, 20213 min read
The Story of Vision Applied: The Infrastructure Bill
There's a big debate about spending $3.5 trillion. Here's the secret: the challenge isn't that the ideas are bad. It's an unclear vision.
Phil Cole
Sep 20, 20213 min read
REVIEWED: Atomic Habits (THE LIST)
Learning occurs when we replace preferences – familiar and comfortable behaviors we have practiced – with new, more effective behaviors.
Phil Cole
Sep 20, 20213 min read
Moving Forward with Expectations
In the workplace, we have an idea of what we want another person to do. There’s a catch here: many expectations are never communicated.
Phil Cole
Sep 20, 20212 min read
Unsaid Expectations in Hybrid or Remote Teams
Expectations are often conveyed subtly. Hybrid and virtual teams lack the indirect communication that carry these gently-stated...
Phil Cole
Sep 20, 20211 min read
Unsaid Expectations
This exercise is designed to reveal the expectations that are not being communicated.
Phil Cole
Sep 14, 20212 min read
REVIEWED: The Vice Chairman's Doctrine
The Vice Chairman’s Doctrine by Ian Dorowitz attempts to be both entertaining and insightful, but it succeeds at neither.
Phil Cole
Sep 12, 20213 min read
REVIEWED: Blueprint for Revolution (The LIST)
This book captures the scope of the definition of leadership in its full arc. It is an insightful exploration of the story of vision.
Phil Cole
Sep 3, 20213 min read
REVIEWED: The Benevolent Dictator
A label – “benevolent dictator” – does not turn abstract ideals into real-world behaviors.
Phil Cole
Aug 30, 20211 min read
Observing the Leaderless Group
This SEEING EXERCISE reveals the natural, ongoing, and distributed functions without leadership's intervention.
Phil Cole
Aug 26, 20212 min read
Vision and the Loneliness of Leadership
Vision explains why the work matters. But there is something else: the lack of vision causes us, as leaders, pain.
Phil Cole
Aug 16, 20213 min read
The Leaderless Group
Listen to this in Episode 38 of Short Takes here or on your favorite podcast app. Put this into practice with the SEEING EXERCISE...
Phil Cole
Aug 14, 20213 min read
REVIEWED: The Insider's Guide to Culture Change
The Insider’s Guide to Culture Change is an ambitious work, but is a disappointment as a tool for practitioners.
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