Decision Effectiveness
Role Clarity: What is it, and Why is it Important?
In every team, each role plays a vital part, and every member brings a unique contribution to the table. A clear understanding of these roles is the key to inspiring greater engagement, improved performance, and overall thriving in the workplace.
It helps everyone understand the importance and value others bring, facilitates collaboration toward organizational goals and ensures that contributions are recognized. This clarity helps build a culture of accountability and trust, making remote interactions smoother and more effective. It ultimately drives better performance and engagement.
Succession Tsunami: Setting Up For a Successful Transition
Today, as baby boomers enter retirement age, over $2 trillion in business assets are at stake as most small business owners plan to exit their business over the next decade. In their survey, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business found that only 9% of business owners have a formal business succession plan. Small businesses are the heart of any economy;
Making Good Decisions In a Crisis
Evaluating the Impact Before the Decision As the lockdown continues, I realize that never before has there been a better time to evaluate the effectiveness of complex decision making. It is human nature to evaluate the impact of our decisions based on the result of that decision or a series of decisions instead of the process of decision making. Annie
Making Good Decisions in a Crisis
Considering Alternative Perspectives My passion has always been about helping others make better decisions. I train on it, I consult on it, I speak on it. I believe that if we make better decisions, we can create a better world. Never has there been a better time to consider our decisions, or the impact of those decisions, than now. I
Is Your Gut Leading You Down the Right Path?
Years of experience need to count for something, right? But is your instinct on what decisions to make regarding the path forward for your business really sending you in the right direction? By Nature, Humans are Poor Decision-Makers At a basic level, we process information very quickly and seek out only the information required to validate our thinking. In the
Delivering Against Your Priorities
Last week, I had a conversation with a president of a $600 million company and shared with him a tool to help create focus on delivering his priorities. Most executives find themselves still dealing with urgent requests (like audits, daily production meetings, etc.), but not focused on the most important daily leadership activities. This is not all bad, however, when
The Best Leaders Know How to be Consistent and Flexible
Recently my colleague and I were hosting a one week Leadership Development program for a client where we were speaking to the new leaders on the importance of being both consistent and flexible. These leaders found this notion confusing at first, and concerned about how to live this within their own leadership brand. The question they had for us was how
Managing the Impact of Change
Managing the Impact of Change | We formed Lighthouse NINE Group to help organizations improve their performance. Through our work, we are acutely aware that nothing creates leadership insomnia more than the strain of dealing with change. At Lighthouse NINE Group, we emphasize a grass-roots approach to managing change, where employee engagement is critical to success. We believe this is the best
