PrimeGenesis Blog
Onboarding Excuse #110112: Snowed In
Parts of the USA are snowed in today. Some people are not going to make it to places they had planned to be. As they say, "You can't fight mother nature." But sometimes you can anticipate what she's going to do. While everything...
Fight, flight or freeze
When Jared L. Loughner opened fire on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and others in a supermarket parking lot in Arizona this past weekend, some ran away, some froze, and some ran to help. What Daniel Hernandez said on the Today Show on Monday morning was...
Lead from Strength and Compensate for Gaps
Most of us are unbalanced. We are relatively stronger in some areas than we are in others. It's important to know yourself so you can lead from your areas of relative strength and get others to help you compensate for your other areas. Some are...
Two-Faced Onboarding
Everything changes once you accept the offer. All the harsh questions asked during interviews and all the tough negotiations become ancient history never to impact relationships again. Right? Not a chance. You can't be one person before job offer acceptance and...
Transformational Leadership: Big Changes to Big Things
Al Carey once explained the concept of big changes to big things to the P&G alumni group. As he described it, No one ever notices little changes to little things (these are minutia) Even big changes to little things don't have much of an impact...
The Power of Vulnerability in Onboarding
"The West Wing" television show gave its viewers glimpses into the moments before and after the public moments at the White House. Those viewers connected with the show's fictional characters far more than they did with real public figures during their...
Perspicuous Onboarding
We had a blizzard in Connecticut on Boxing Day (December 26). The traffic advisory read "Do NOT drive. If you must drive make sure you have a winter survival kit with you." This seems like a particularly perspicuous advisory in that it made...
Warm Onboarding Beats Cold Starts
Cold openings surprise, engage, and sometimes shock people. Very effective for Saturday Night Live. Great way to start a speech, toast or talk. Effective way to send a message to an organization needing to make urgent changes with a culture that is...
Publish your opening hours during onboarding
I know it's old school, but I decided to go to an actual store this morning to buy a Christmas present. Busy day, so I decided to get there early. Called them up to find out when they opened. No one answered the phone. No recording with...
Find Ways to Disrupt Yourself
Sometimes being a transformational leader means you have to transform yourself. This often requires finding ways to disrupt your own current thinking. Sometimes your team can help you do this. Sometimes outside experts can come in and do this. ...