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By Oliver W. Cummings, 4/3/2020 Feedback from my previous post: I’ve been using this space to provide a little continuity for this series of posts on facilitative management. This time, however, the pandemic has intervened, and I am foregoing comments on the prior post. Instead, I am going to provide some things I learned from…
The phrase Cash is King is frequently used when educators begin imparting business management wisdom upon unsuspecting students or when owners of family businesses prepare others to assume owner responsibilities. Understanding how cash flows through your company will definitely enhance your strategic thinking skills. Cash is the vital fuel used to run the engines of…
By Oliver W. Cummings Feedback from my previous blog post, What It Takes to Be A Facilitative Manager – Part 1: Believe, But Not Too Much A comment and question: It seems to me that teaching is a possible “missing link” in many leadership skills sets. Is there a responsibility for middle managers to see…
Did you catch my blog about the world of fictional detectives and how they solve complex problems? I’ve had requests ever since that post to bring back these detectives and unpack the strategic thinking skills that make them so successful in solving a wide range of issues. Below you will find some tidbits of advice…
Background: I co-authored The Prepared Mind of Leader, which was published in 2006. The book focused on the skills leaders need that will prepare them for the future. The context for using these skills is a model that I referred to as the Sense-Response Cycle™. I’ve used this model in hundreds of workshops over the…
Ken Vermilion 3/8/2020 Understanding the world of corporate finance in a big company can be daunting. And if you’re not in the management chain that ends with the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), you might wonder if middle managers really need to bother themselves with the language, strategic thinking skills and, perhaps the most daunting, the…
Did you know that according to the World Economic Forum, the #1 business skill required to succeed in the new decade is the ability to solve complex problems? If you want to become a better and more powerful leader in your company, mastering how to solve complex business problems is not optional – it’s imperative…
What It Takes to Be A Facilitative Manager – Part 1: Believe, But Not Too Much By Oliver W. Cummings 3/5/2020 Feedback from my previous blog post: Facilitative Leadership and the Middle Manager’s Relationship Hierarchy. Bill asked: Considering the eagerness of emerging leaders to take on more responsibility and move into the rank of middle…
By Oliver W. Cummings 2/28/2020 Skillful Facilitative Management: The Core Leadership Competence What makes a successful leader? I believe that skillful facilitative management is the core leadership competence a manager needs to lead a team to succeed in business today. Much of the literature on facilitative management focuses on facilitation skills such as establishing agendas,…
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