Blogs by Steve Lounsberry

A Mental Framework for Learning

RUBBER BAND MAN  A Mental Framework for Learning Perspectives in this interesting time for living. Getting the Restart Right! In a recent podcast, IBM’s former CEO Ginny Rometty the pandemic has reinforced “the value of adaptability.” In the future, she added, the most important quality any worker can have is “the propensity to learn.” Seth Godin…

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):…

No Pain, No Brain Gain

WHY LEARNING DEMANDS EFFORT & (A LITTLE) DISCOMFORT The brain isn’t a muscle, but it still needs to “feel the burn” to build new neural connections that actually last. PAY ATTENTION! WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, IT’S PROBABLY WORKING (you have to pay more and better attention to each idea.) EFFORTFUL! FEEL THE BURN (The…

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:…