Week 34 (6.12.07)

Learn

29 Leadership Secrets from Jack Welch

• Accept Change - Business leaders who treat change like enemy will fail at their jobs. Change is the one constant, and successful business leaders must be able to read the ever-changing business environment.
• Let your employees know that change never ends - Teach your colleagues to see change as an opportunity - a challenge that can be met through hard work and smarts.
• Face reality - Business leaders who avoid reality are doomed to failure.
• Act on reality quickly - Those who truly face reality can't stop there. They must adapt their business strategies to reflect that reality, and they must do so quickly.
• Manage less - Teach your managers to manage less, even though their training may be to manage more.
• Instill confidence - Treat employees with respect and build their confidence.
• Emphasize vision, not supervision - Managing less lets managers think big thoughts and come up with new ideas to benefit the business.
• Business is simple - Complications arise when people are cut off from vital information.
• Managing is allocating people and resources - Put the right people in the right job, give them what they need, and then get out of the way.
• Create values that are consistent with the company vision - Values should reflect the vision, culture, and goals of the organization.

Unlearn

Did not cascade or teach colleagues to see change as an opportunity.

Relearn

In our recent sales executive competency model ie Project Jupiter, I communicated and informed clearly on what the changes are in order to set a clear expectation and buy in from colleagues. The change is better because it sets clearer objectives, less time consuming without compromising on the standards to achieve.