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Transforming Human Resources – Brand and Talent Management Through Technology

Honorable leaders are always searching for ways to make their team and organizations more unified and collaborative, and technology is a major tool to get there. Lee’s friend and colleague, Harry Glantz, VP Human Resources, RailWorks Corporation, shares his perspective on the role of technology in how candidates will view a company’s culture, the speed and manner in which we reach potential talent and the ability to bring generations together for innovation and create the ultimate competitive advantage.

Please Read is article in HR Tech Outlook Magazine, and share your comments – thank you!

6 Ways to Build a Long-Term Competitive Edge in Your Industry

Great organizations love to win and be the best in their industry, and any competitive edge makes that success more likely. The vision of smooth-running, efficient, innovative, profitable, adept organization captivates most leaders’ aspirations, and it’s natural to have those goals.

Not long ago after a speaking engagement, I enjoyed a corporate dinner event with the client and heard some great words of wisdom from the CEO. Earlier in the day, I had observed that the morale and energy of the group to be unusually high—even after a long day of training classes at a conference.

Hearing the executive’s perspectives and observing his attitude and relationship with his managers helped me connect the dots about their culture. He was a leader who really understands how good relationships get better results.

His recipe for success came from both his experience and his heart. These ideas aren’t new, but sitting in the midst of a highly successful team and listening to their leader outline the “secret sauce” to their success was inspiring to everyone in the room including me.

Getting the Right Ingredients

Here are his ingredients –

Get the right people. We need good people on our team. This is the starting place for success.
Get the right people in the right roles/jobs. When a person’s talents, interests, and passions are matched to their work, they are less stressed, more energized, and more likely to add value to our mission.
Communicate and clarify. Good communication is fundamental to cohesive teamwork. We must make sure that we are aligned in purpose and goals.
Collaborate. This is where teamwork really comes through with people sharing ideas and supporting each other. When we have trust and work together, we have the synergy that can make 1 + 1 equal 3 (the concept that positive synergies can produce better results). Behavioral assessments and team training like those from Leadership Behavior DNA can quickly close the gap on this ingredient; past clients see almost immediate results in team collaboration and synergy.
Innovate. With talented, energetic people collaborating, we get the new ideas and improvements that make us more competitive, allowing 1 + 1 to equal even more than 3. This is how we compete successfully against all other organizations that have good people and the same resources.
Grow competent healthy leaders. To do everything, we must have leadership that gets it. We need supervisors and managers who create an environment that facilitates the steps above.

In observing this leader and the group, the thing that impressed me most was a healthy balance of confidence and humility. There was a freedom and authenticity that was engaging and energizing. I can see how this company is a leader in their industry—especially when it comes to profitability.

Freeing Your Team

If you’ve read my book, Leading with Honor, describing my time and leadership lessons learned as a Vietnam POW, you know that chapter 14 is entitled “Free the Captives” and tells about our release and return home. One of the key roles of leaders is to free the captives by helping people become all they can be. Listening to this CEO speak, I got the strong impression that he gets it. I had the sense that there was a lot of freedom in the room. Even though they probably had not thought of it that way, it simply felt good to me and others. Great leadership always makes a difference.

Ultimately, you depend on people for your profits. Do you have a winning recipe for releasing the power of people? If not, take a look at the secret sauce above and identify steps you could take to take your team to a higher ROI.  

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Are You a Leader Who Gets Things Done? Here’s the Mindset

Good Monday Morning – are you a leader who gets things done? Good reminders from Wizard of Ads Founder, Roy H. Williams:

– People who get things done

push past the idea that ‘now is not a good time.’

– People who get things done

believe that a good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

– People who get things done

leap off the edge, trusting that a net will appear.

– People who get things done

build their rocket ship while they’re flying it.

– Unrelenting action

is what turns starry-eyed daydreams

into steely-eyed objectives.”

Please share your thoughts, comments, or experiences in this post.

On This Day in Leadership History, November 15, 2015

On this day in leadership in 1806, Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop that became known as Pikes Peak.

Some leaders are more open to the idea of exploration than others. How do you view exploring new ways and lead and grow others? What are you willing to try to advance the health of your team and organization? Be open to all options!

Zebulon Pike – Wikipedia

Leading with Honor Reaction – American Health Care Association

We’re so grateful for these comments from Dana Halvorson, Senior Director, Not for Profit and Constituent Services at the American Health Care Association regarding the Leading with Honor message –

“This is the first time I heard Lee speak, and I was in awe. His message on leadership and courage draws in the entire audience. He packs the room full – not an empty seat! Lee’s inspiring sessions are not to be missed! I would give him 5 out of 5 stars.“

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Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, November 13, 2015

“Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.” – Andy Stanley

 

115th Fighter Wing – Honored to Share

So honored to share the Leading with Honor message with the personal equipment shop of the 115th Fighter wing, Wisconsin air National Guard. They keep all that high-tech equipment that the pilots are wearing working properly. Pictured are just a few of these honorable leaders.

Happy Veterans Day

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