by Brandi Olson | Dec 4, 2020 | Expansions, Leadership, Outcomes, Planning & Strategy, Responding to Change
What can you control when the future is unpredictable? Welcome to December, where winter has arrived in my part of the far northern hemisphere. It’s impossible to predict exactly when the snow will arrive and how the winter season will settle in, but every single year...
by Brandi Olson | Oct 28, 2020 | Expansions, Leadership, Outcomes, Planning & Strategy, Prioritization
Servant Leadership In Action: The Language of Outcomes “But really, what does that look like in action?” Joyce, a newly promoted marketing director, posed this question at our very first leadership coaching session. We had been exploring the power of servant...
by Brandi Olson | Oct 13, 2020 | Foundations, Leadership, Planning & Strategy, Prioritization, Responding to Change, Teams
How Are You Spending Your Change Capital? All of us have change capital. Change capital is like social capital or even economic capital. It’s something that we get to spend, we get to budget, and we get to invest as we navigate responding to change in our lives...
by Brandi Olson | Oct 13, 2020 | Foundations, Leadership, Planning & Strategy, Responding to Change, Teams
When Responding to Change, Start Here. It seems simple. But don’t underestimate how powerful it is to get the right people in the right conversation at the same time. When everything is moving fast, you forget the simple practices that make it easier to lead. If you...
by Brandi Olson | Oct 13, 2020 | Foundations, Leadership, Planning & Strategy, Responding to Change, Teams
Planning at the Speed of Change I was working with a financial services company in the spring of 2020, right as the global pandemic unfolded. The United States government called on banks to offer small business loans — in record time, with brand new rules. All the...
by Brandi Olson | Oct 13, 2020 | Foundations, Planning & Strategy, Prioritization
The Power of Next “I’ve already taken out everything that isn’t important. Everything I’m left with is extremely important. How do I prioritize when everything is important?” This was the heartfelt question I heard this morning from the chief...
