PrimeGenesis Blog

Practice What You Preach or Pay the Price
They won’t believe what you say. They will believe what you do. But, even if what you do matches what you say, you will eventually falter if it doesn’t match your own fundamental beliefs. It only works when what you believe and do and say align. This is why “Be Do Say” leadership is so powerful.
Nothing kills credibility faster than not practicing what is preached. A leader underscores discipline and timeliness, yet shows up late for meetings. Or a leader proclaims people to be the most important assets, then instigates layoffs to boost profitability.
Driving Growth Across Industries With The What, How And Who Approach
once you’ve determined where to play and locked in what matters and why, pivot off attitudinal choices around what, how and who on the way to connecting with your team to spur high impact actions.
First-Time Leaders: Leverage Leadership Insights to Accelerate Success
Webinar | Association for Talent Development | George Bradt | April 8, 2014

Top 100 Ideas And Quotes For First-Time Leaders
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s new role as Board Chair will give him more influence and impact. In addition to leading the company, he now leads the board.
Three Things First-Time Leaders Should Know

The Number One Reason People Miss Their Goals? Denial.
Get out of denial. Get the brutal facts on the table. Then figure out how to overcome the barriers, bridge the gaps, and move forward towards the destination you want and deserve.

Metro-North Railroad’s 100-Day Action Plan For Re-establishing A Safe And Reliable Service
There’s a lot that good about their plan. It has specific action items in each of the four priority areas:
Promoting a culture of safety
Adopting concrete safety enhancements
Restoring reliable service
Improving communications
Those action plans have specific due dates with completion tracked in the document. Assuming there are specific individuals assigned responsibility for each action, this is a good model for others.

Want Your New Employees’ Personal Commitment? Take Their Onboarding Personally
The only way to get personal commitment from new employees is for you and your managers to commit to them personally, starting with how you onboard them.

How The Best Fortune 500 Companies To Work For Drive Appreciation, Access, Rewards
if you invest in making employees feel appreciated, able to access you and rewarded, you can turn your employee relationships into a competitive advantage.

A BRAVE New Approach to Social Media and Community Building
Go beyond communicating your brand messages to customers, beyond two-way conversations between you and those customers, all the way to building a community by enabling your customers to have conversations with each other.
