In the past, the traditional hierarchical structure of management sees production on the bottom, answering to their supervisors who, in turn answer to their management, and ultimately the final decision maker on top. If it worked previously, then why isn't it as effective today? When you flip the hierarchy upside down you are encouraging a
Gerry O. Cadorath, author of the book Turn Can't Into Next was recently asked to appear on the Leading Change podcast with Adam Christie. During the candid interview, a wide array of questions were posed to Gerry revealing insight into the history of Cadorath, and further depth into the Leadership Lessons presented within the
As leaders, it is our duty to look after all sorts of issues and ideas as presented by our employees. Of the issues brought forward some may have you doing an internal eyeroll wondering why is this even an issue, and some idea’s submitted may have you thinking we have already tried this before. To
There is a significant degree of accountability up the ladder that is sometimes missed, ignore it at your peril. For example, an employee brings forward a request, anticipating a response from their superior, and the superior with the best intentions of replying becomes temporarily distracted and then ultimately forgets to get back to the
Experience and credentials can take you many places in your career; at Cadorath we look for that and more. Years of schooling and training under your belt is great, however we believe the right attitude can carry you much further. Elements of the right attitude include having an open mind and willingness to learn;
Do you consider responsibility without authority acceptable within the walls of your company? What about the natural born leaders, the ones that influence the team without having any official authority at all? Would you consider that to be the same? We believe them to be very different in that even though they are both
The Hiring Trifecta is: 1) Knowledge 2) Skills 3) Attitude Some people tell me that they hire for attitude and train for skills and coach for knowledge. Others believe that when it comes to business growth, a winning attitude is everything and the other two attributes can be learned. What do you look for
When two personalities collide, it can wreak havoc on a team, especially if both parties are committed to defending their position at all costs! Like any large growing company, we are not immune to ‘personality collision.’ And to be quite honest, when issues and drama are obvious, despite the initial discomfort of aggressive posturing,
Failing to celebrate your wins is like having cake without the icing. When we don't take time to celebrate our successes along the way, we are doing the team and ourselves a great disservice. Every win provides you with the opportunity to energize and embolden your team; and to propagate your own unique corporate
Who doesn’t want more fun at work? As we watch movies of work environments from a few years ago, the scenes show row on row of desks with workers whose heads are down with no respite until a scheduled break. Maybe some of these work scenarios still exist for some companies but not for
