Food For Thought: Confronting the Brutal Facts (yet never lose faith)

I often go back to Jim Collin's book, Good to Great, for inspiring concepts to evaluate my progress as a leader.

Chapter 4 ponders the brutal facts of reality in your organization.

Here are some questions for you to think about:

1. In your organization, what brutal facts are being ignored or justified? What behaviour will be required of you to raise and face these issues?

2. At your next team meeting, focus on creating a climate where the truth can emerge.

• How could you practice leading with questions, not answers?
• What would ensure that you and others engage in dialogue and debate not coercion?
• How can you begin a practice of conducting autopsies without blame?
• In what ways can you build red flag mechanisms that turn information into information that cannot be ignored?

3. Have you lost a "good" person because they were de-motivated due to brutal facts not being addressed? What did you learn from this experience?