Upside of anger

We want to empower people, let them get on with it, avoid micro-managing, let them make mistakes, allow them to fail, give them responsibility.

However, there are times when it’s your job to chuck all that and read the riot act. Only once, and only when it really matters. But in such a fashion that people never forget the experience of your displeasure. Anger, rarely expressed, can be the best evidence of your commitment to quality.

Dr Mike's Blog, generalDr Mike AshbyOctober 9, 2019all blacks, anger, angry, auckland business, business advice, business advisors, business collaboration, devolved leadership, fustration, High performance culture, management training, new zealand business advisors, shared leadership, upside of angerComment

Creating on-field leaders

I’ve been thinking and talking a lot about performance culture. One of my reference points is the All Blacks who exemplify a self-regulating performance culture

There’s one dimension which I think underpins everything else – the strategy of devolved leadership. This was developed very early in Graham Henry’s tenure.

Dr Mike's Blog, generalDr Mike AshbySeptember 25, 2019all blacks, auckland business, business advice, business advisors, business collaboration, collaboration, culture, devolved leadership, High performance culture, management training, new zealand business advisors, on-field leadership, shared leadershipComment

Moon shot culture

The words came back to mind when I was thinking about high performance culture. I’ve believed for a long time that the only source of sustainable competitive advantage is a self-regulating performance culture. That is a culture that is able to adapt to its environment without being directed from above or being forced to change by external forces.

Dr Mike's Blog, generalDr Mike AshbySeptember 11, 2019auckland business, business advice, business advisors, business collaboration, business leader podcasts, business podcasts, collaboration, culture, gene kranz, High performance culture, management training, moon culture, new zealand business advisorsComment

The third voice – the magic of collaboration

Emmy Lou Harris has collaborated with many (perhaps even most) of the great recording artists over the last 30 years in the country/folk rock space. She said, "When you combine two unique voices it creates a third phantom voice.”

I know what she means.

Dr Mike's Blog, generalDr Mike AshbyAugust 21, 2019auckland business, business advice, business advisors, business collaboration, business leader podcasts, business podcasts, cocreation, collaboration, management training, new zealand business advisors, synergyComment

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