by dveech | Nov 26, 2020 | corporate culture, employee engagement, leadership, leadersights
Hi, I’m David Veech and this is Elevate Your Performance.A few days ago I described a culture of defiance in organizations, and I ended up saying that a new leader would usually be necessary to pull the organization into a culture of compliance. It...
by dveech | Nov 24, 2020 | corporate culture, leadersights
I’m David Veech and this is Elevate Your Performance.We’re exploring this spectrum of organizational culture that spans from Defiance to Engagement. I believe the vast majority of organizations operate in a culture of compliance. You can be perfectly...
by dveech | Nov 22, 2020 | corporate culture, leadership
How do we find ourselves in a culture of defiance?Defiance is the open disregard or even contempt of something or someone.I’ve seen defiant cultures in several different organizations. In two cases, it was a Union workforce that defied any management...
by dveech | Nov 19, 2020 | corporate culture, employee engagement, leadersights
Good morning. I’m David Veech and this is Elevate Your Performance.What is culture?Dictionary.com offers 8 non-biology related definitions.Noun 1. the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters,...
by dveech | Nov 18, 2020 | leadersights, problem solving
Good Morning. I’m David Veech. This is Elevate Your Performance.We are quickly heading into the Thanksgiving weekend, and then on to Christmas, Chanukah, and New Years. All fantastic times to re-center, reconnect, rejoice. I’m...
by dveech | Nov 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
How do you usually respond when someone says “I want to challenge your thinking about that.” If you’re like most people, your autonomic response is defensive. That means we immediately begin formulating our response in defense of...
by dveech | Nov 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Good morning!It’s been a rough week and I’m out of sync with my video schedule. We ended up with doctor’s appointments this week that fell during my normal video production time, and if I don’t get this made within a certain time window...
by dveech | Nov 2, 2020 | C4 Process, leadersights, lean, learning, problem solving
I’ve been in a bunch of organizations who initially are uncomfortable with using the word “problem.” I expect this is caused by feelings lingering from some previous negative experience with a problem of some kind. Most likely someone...
by dveech | Oct 29, 2020 | C4 Process, leadersights, lean, learning, problem solving
Today was a big day. On October 29, 1969, the Internet was born. That’s the day that ARPANET created the first host-to-host connection and transmitted a message between two computers at UCLA.As I’m working through my production schedule for these...
by dveech | Oct 28, 2020 | C4 Process, coaching, confidence, employee engagement, leadership, leadersights, lean, learning, problem solving
Good morning!I love taking a look back through history as I prepare for these daily videos. Here’s what I found for today: • In 1636, Harvard College is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts. • In 1793, Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his Cotton Gin, a device...
