Bob Fashano, Author at LeadOne Consulting

Three things your people want to know.

We all know one critical aspect of building a productive team is the selection of the right talent. Once you believe you have the right person for the opportunity, they intuitively have three questions they want answers to. Keep in mind they may not ask these questions of you directly, but deep down the answers may be deal breakers. The last thing you want is to have the person at risk of walking, especially when you have invested the time to identify the right person for the job. The questions are: 1. Do you care about me? The challenge here for most leaders is how to sincerely demonstrate care. Ask yourself, "Do I really know this person? Do I know [...]

By Bob Fashano|2021-05-12T11:49:47+00:00May 12th, 2021|Leadership|0 Comments

Serve and lead — really?

As you may be aware, there are volumes written on the topic of being a servant leader. Perhaps one of the first works came from Robert Greenleaf's book "Servant Leadership: a journey into the nature of legitimate power and greatness." I must confess for quite a while when I thought about servanthood, I had a vision of an activity performed by a relatively low-skilled person. My "old school mindset" assumed that if we serve, people will have a lesser view of us. Over the years I have come to learn that couldn't be further from the truth. To prove the point, think about a mother. They naturally serve their family members. Mother's are typically the one person in our life [...]

By Bob Fashano|2021-05-05T11:51:30+00:00May 5th, 2021|Connecting, Leadership|0 Comments

Your most important asset.

Hopefully we will have no argument with the following statement: the most important asset we have is our people. We may be business builders, but I am reminding all of us that we must first be people builders -- they will grow the business. There is no doubt that people development and effective coaching takes time. Our busy schedules and pressing matters can contribute to dismissing people development. Our leadership team and top performers are the most important assets we have. Therefore, investing time with them would be a good investment. Here is what I have found, coaching and mentoring another person is about changing their thinking. When you change thinking you change beliefs. When you change beliefs, you change [...]

By Bob Fashano|2021-04-27T17:58:09+00:00April 28th, 2021|Coaching|0 Comments

A productive environment.

As leaders we strive to have a productive environment. An environment that provides growth opportunities, challenges, recognition and encouragement. Certainly these are characteristics of a productive growth-oriented organization. As a leader you play a critical role in influencing productivity. I have learned there are three factors that influence productivity. To the degree that YOU sincerely believe that they can achieve higher performance. To the degree that THEY believe YOU believe that. To the degree there is mutual trust and respect between you and them. Machines are easier to understand than people. They operate typically in predictable, predetermined ways. Guess what? People don't. People have emotions, feelings and internal beliefs that trigger responses and motivate behavior. In fact studies have shown [...]

By Bob Fashano|2021-04-20T17:52:42+00:00April 21st, 2021|Coaching|0 Comments

What your people expect from their leader.

As you well know, one of our responsibilities as a leader is to create expectations for our team members. Failure to do so may cause a number of issues and consequences. However, I have a challenge for you, how about role reversal? That is, "what do your people expect from you?" They may not express to you outright, but the following are what I have learned people expect from their leader: To communicate openly, honestly, and frequently To be predictable and consistent To have a plan for their growth To exhibit self-confidence balanced with humility To encourage them (remember, you need to be the Chief Encouragement Officer:CEO) To challenge them To let them know how they are doing To always [...]

By Bob Fashano|2021-04-14T11:56:21+00:00April 14th, 2021|Leadership|0 Comments

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