A website by Inger Lise, MSc. Change Management
"Make yourself necessary to somebody" -Ralph Waldo Emerson How well you relate to teamwork and the people you have to cooperate with, has a grave impact on your ability to succeed. The role of the leader is to motivate and inspire every member to achieve the intended tasks in the best possible way. This…
"Storytelling is the essential human activity. The harder the situation, the more essential it is." -Tim O´Brien "The symbol; The New One Minute Manager's symbol is intended to remind each of us to take a minute out of our day to look into the faces of the people we lead and manage. And to realize that they…
"When your values are clear to you, making decisions become easier." -Roy E. Disney Life can be challenging and we all have to make choices. Some choices may be more challenging than others and can put you in really tough situations. Still, you have to make a choice for your decision. From…
"I find that when you open the door toward openness and transparency, a lot of people will follow you through". -Kirsten Gillibrand "The more people can see what is happening - the good, the bad, the ugly - the more effective they are at deciding the appropriate ways of handling things". (Ray Dalio) Let's…
"Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different." -Michael Porter In todays organizations change is necessary if you want to succeed in a tough world. However, we don't like to change things and feel most comfortable when we are staying in the comfort zone. Leaders are aware of…
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn". -Benjamin Franklin Winning organisations has strong leaders who sees the potential in their peoples strength. A key-element is teaching. "The ultimate test of success for an organisation is not whether it can win today but whether it can keep winning…
''We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face.....we must do that which we think we cannot" -Eleanor Roosevelt "There are two main ways in which leaders wear masks. Some conceal their perceived inadequacies and flaws behind the polished facade we have come to…
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader" -John Quincy Adams From one of his books, Richard L Daft, speaks of every leaders six mental mistakes; reacting too quickly, inflexible thinking, wanting control, emotional avoidance and attention, exaggerating the future and chasing the wrong…
"It is through science that we prove, but through intuition that we discover". -Henri Poincare Intuition is a powerful key-element to use in leading people. We are all people with feelings, when things are going well or wrong our body will tell us. Intuition is a talent we need to nurture every day. In todays…
Leadership Challenges 