Resource Management Innovations
The Leader in the Kevlar Suit
As a leader, your work is primarily future oriented. Providing what my clients kindly refer to as Sherpa-Services. Shepherding those entrusted to your care & accountability from current to desired state. In previous postings we have spoken about how extreme some reactions can be to change...
Posted By: Rick Kneeshaw 2010/04/23 Read More
Categories: Leadership and Management
My Mentor Had a Plan
Every architectural drawing, be it a garage or a cathedral begins with a rather simple question … “what is its purpose?” What will it be used for? Once ‘it’ is described and better defined you can begin to consider what some of the functional elements and features...
Posted By: Rick Kneeshaw 2010/04/22 Read More
Categories: Reflections: Lessons Learned
Leadership Lessons from the Trench: Stress Management 101
As a young apprentice growing up and serving under my Dad’s careful watch he guided me along and through what he called Life Lessons. Although experientially it felt quite natural, it was very intentional. My mentor was proactive. Whether by nature or by training I can’t be certain...
Posted By: Rick Kneeshaw 2010/04/16 Read More
Categories: Leadership and Management
Being an Employer of Choice: Would You Work For You?
On a number of consulting engagements over the years I have been brought in as an objective, neutral third party to affect some measure of ‘change’. There will be some serious conversation at the front end of the client relationship regarding the natural tension that exists in an...
Posted By: Rick Kneeshaw 2010/04/09 Read More
Categories: From the Desk of the HR Manager
Lessons from the Trench: Managing Change
If you have been following the Blog, you have a sense by now that we place a great deal of importance on the leadership responsibility of Vision Casting (where are we going) and Mission Building (how will we get there). Implicit in that transition from current to desired state is 'Change'. For...
Posted By: Rick Kneeshaw 2010/04/08 Read More
Categories: From the Desk of the HR Manager