As I mentioned in an earlier post, it appears that President Obama is getting quite an education from both the Democrats and the Republicans. This type of education will hopefully result in the President learning how to keep his balance. The life of a leader is always a balancing act but never more so than [...]
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Keeping Your Balance
February 16, 2009Categories: Crisis Management, Hiring, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: accountability, balance, Barack Obama, Boundaries, coalitions, Democrats, Leadership, Management, Michael Watkins, networks, opponents, political network, politics, Priorities, Republicans, Strategy, Transition Team, Vision
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Creating Coalitions
February 11, 2009Anyone who has been observing the stimulus bill negotiations surely has become much more cognizant of President Obama’s need to build coalitions and the early lessons he is learning. To paraphrase his comments last evening, “old habits die hard.” In order to exert influence without authority to require that people take certain actions, one needs [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy, Visioning
Tags: accountability, alignment triangle, Barack Obama, coalitions, former employees, influences, Leadership, Management, Michael Watkins, networks, opponents, Priorities, sequencing, Strategy, Transition Team, Vision
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A Blueprint for the New Leader to Effect Change
January 18, 2009The transition from one presidential administration to another is nearly complete and the country is visibly excited. There is no doubt that part of this excitement stems from public’s sense that Mr. Obama has demonstrated extraordinary effort in planning his presidency. He certainly seems to be working diligently to avoid the consequences of the aphorism, [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Hiring, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: 9/11, Accelerate, alignment, balance, Barack Obama, build, coalitions, early wins, George W. Bush, Leadership, learning, Michael Watkins, Mr. Obama, negotiate, President bus, President Elect Obama, Promote, solution, Strategy, strategy to solution, Success, Taking charge, Team, The First 90 Days, Transition Team
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