Executive Retreat a Big Success!

The Leadership OD Executive Retreat has been a tradition since 2013 but the events this year meant that dramatic adjustments needed to be made.  Instead of a single meeting, 5 separate sessions were held with groups of 10 participants or less.  

This change allowed flexibility in scheduling, topics and direction of the event. 

"Leadership" remained at the center of every session. 

With the attendance group limited to such a small group, each session took a completely different direction.  One group of seasoned practice owners discussed the realities of “exit strategies” and explored the overall direction of the eye care profession.  Another group spent more time talking about management metrics and controlling budgets.  

New Dates Announced

At Leadership OD, we are exploring how to capture the lessons from this “experiment” to continue to build a world class leadership organization.  Upcoming 2021 Executive Retreat sessions will be offered:

  • May 27 - 29

  • June 17 - 19

  • Aug 18 - 20

  • Sept 30 - Oct 2

  • Nov 11 - 13

Registration Details will be coming soon.  Stay Tuned.

Looking forward to seeing you soon, 
Mike

Fundamentals of Leadership

A "fundamental" is a core ability that you can develop and practice to allow you to perform higher level skills with excellence.  Strong leadership requires certain fundamentals to be followed regardless of your leadership style or the team that you lead.

This message kicks off a six week series about the Fundamentals of Leadership and why we need to be working on them now.  In the meantime, pay attention to how you react when something bad happens this week.

Full Series

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STRIVE for a Better Team
STRIVE for a Better Team

The last in the series on the Fundamentals of a Leaders. #6 is "STRIVE for a Better Team."

Market Consistently
Market Consistently

Fundamental #5 Mike shares the importance of marketing consistently for new and established practices.

Facing the Facts
Facing the Facts

Continuing the Fundamentals of Leadership Series, Mike introduces Fundamental #4, "Face the Facts” which keeps you on tract toward your vision.

Finding Opportunities in the Barriers
Finding Opportunities in the Barriers

Leadership Fundamental #3 focuses on "Finding Opportunities in the Barriers" by building on Fundamentals #1 and #2.

Do you know your Vision?
Do you know your Vision?

Mike describes Leadership Fundamental #2 - Have a Vision, a Plan, a BluePrint. Mike shares why having a clear Vision is critical to the success of your practice.

Leadership Series
Leadership Series

Mike begins the Leadership Series with the first fundamental, "It Doesn't Matter Who Is To Blame."

It's about Integrity

The Integrity Challenge:
It is often said that your integrity is defined by what you do when you don't think anyone is watching.  It's intended to be a measure of your honesty or your morale character.  However, in business, sometimes you can lack integrity not just by a lack of character, but just an inability to get it done right.  

Sometimes, there's just not enough time, or training, or knowledge, or money, or equipment.  Sometimes we just drop the ball.  When this becomes normal, we have lost a little of our "integrity" in a particular practice zone.  It rarely has to do with a lack of character.  It is usually a lack of attention.

Let's give it a little attention.
Over the next five weeks, we challenge you to review the integrity of the Five Zones of your practice.  There will certainly be overlap but just look into your processes and your actions to compare what you are supposed to be doing, with what you are really doing.  (When I say "you", I mean you and your entire team - of course).  

p.s. If you are unfamiliar with The Five Zones, read this old blog where we introduced it.