Blogs by Steve Lounsberry

Adapting Rituals in a Time Where Change is Inevitable

RITUALS- “A set of behaviors regularly followed and grouped (chunked) into time segments.” Leaders can “Chunk their habits” into Five RITUALS (time segments) Daily Morning Work/School Kick off Pre-leave Nightly And Weekly We are all 100% disciplined to our habits.   Rituals are intentionally building a framework of habits to support consistent behaviors. Your morning…

Accountability

Accountability is an outcome, a by-product of great leadership and management. Tough management (hard on the person) does NOT equal accountability. ACCOUNTABILITY = Leadership + Management Accountability Accountability is a by-product of doing leadership and management well. It results when Leadership provides clarity (your checklist): Vision. Priorities. Expectations. It combines with Active Management (your checklist):…

Human Performance

Human Performance is created by people’s behaviors.  How they do things.  And humans continue to set new levels of performance. The Marathon 26.2 miles. Nike and others have been working closely with elite Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge and other top distance runners on a moon shot goal: To run a marathon in under two hours. At the time…

Feedback Loops

“The world has never gone this fast… And it will never go this slow again.” Feedback Loops are key to capturing the benefits of this speed in communication! Traditional management relied on mechanisms of control— managers, supervisors—to ensure quality and shape interactions. These are expensive and inefficient to grow to scale. Communication Feedback Loops operate differently:…