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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Building Your Team
February 8, 2009Much appropriate discussion has taken place regarding President Obama’s vetting process in selecting his team. It remains unclear whether his appointees witheld information or that the process was flawed. For the most part, though, the people that he has chosen have been hailed as competent choices. In implementing every strategy, finding the right people is [...]
Categories: Hiring, Leadership, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: Barack Obama, Compensation, firing, group executives, Hiring, Leadership, leadership development system, Management, Michael Watkins, Skills, Strategy, Team, training, Transition Team
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Negotiating Success
January 30, 2009According to Professor Watkins, to succeed with a new boss (the American People?) or for that matter, a new Congress, it is critical to invest the time in the relationship up front. Your new “boss” (and here you can substitute the word “Americans” to relate to President Obama’s situation) sets your benchmarks, interprets your actions [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: align, alignment, Barack Obama, Change, Congress. negotiation, consensus, direction, early wins, expectation management, expectations, Focus, GOP, Leadership, Michael Watkins, Mr. Obama, President Obama, results, solution, stimulus plan, Strategy, Success, Taking charge, Team, The First 90 Days, Transition Team
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Securing Early Wins
January 28, 2009Categories: Leadership, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: alignment, Barack Obama, Change, culture, direction, early wins, Focus, Leadership, learning, Michael Watkins, Mr. Obama, President Elect Obama, results, solution, Strategy, strategy to solution, Success, Taking charge, Team, The First 90 Days, Transition Team
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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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