Leadership Articles by Don Blohowiak

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The Why of How Mindcrafting for Leaders   "Until I deal with the why, I don't really know the how."      -- Alton Brown There is a nearly unimaginable number of instructional, how-to, and self-help books on management, leadership, and self-development topics. But success in an organization --- and i... Full Text

Anticipated Action Mindcrafting for Leaders   I moved my hands back and forth under the airport washroom sink. Nothing. I moved to the next sink. Same thing. Nothing.The attendant cleaning the sink next to where I stood in dry frustration said, "Push the top." I looked down at the faucet and realized that it had a push valve to release the wate... Full Text

Mindset Mindcrafting for Leaders   Every one of us carries in our heads a mental picture of how the world works. This mental mosaic pieces together for us the disparate elements and connections in an extremely diverse and multifaceted reality. Over your entire lifetime you paint in your mind a cumulative and complex picture of the wo... Full Text

Renewal Mindcrafting for Leaders   A jam-packed to-do list. Rushing from meeting to meeting. Being too busy to call a friend just to chat aimlessly. These are all very common symptoms of a life out of alignment. And headed for trouble.Physical and spiritual renewal, so central to one's well-being, can be so easy to overlook in the fa... Full Text

Controlling Reality Mindcrafting for Leaders   "Practically, good management is highly contingent," Harvard Business School professor Shoshana Zuboff reminds us. Success, she concludes, "depends upon so many variables --- involving leadership, governance, and markets --- being well aligned for a long enough period of time to make a difference."D... Full Text

Invent Mindcrafting for Leaders   Computer giant Hewlett Packard proclaims its corporate philosophy in a wonderfully simple corporate slogan: Invent.Invention is a tradition woven into the fabric of the American psyche and the nation's institutions. Earlier this week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark office celebrated its 200th anniver... Full Text

Check Your Assumptions Mindcrafting for Leaders   Managerial Trap: Assumed KnowledgeEach of us takes a great deal of our experience and perspective for granted. What seems obvious, second-nature, or common knowledge to you may not be so self-evident to others. That gap in unexamined perspective can be especially true when you are dealing with someo... Full Text

Past as Future Mindcrafting for Leaders   "You don't create the future by reinventing the past," a CEO is fond of repeating to his colleagues.A thought worth pondering.The past can inform the future, but it doesn't necessarily determine it. And the past ought not constrain the possibilities for shaping the future.At the same time, it could ... Full Text

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