Pinnacle Leadership Group, Inc. https://www.pinnacleleadership.com Partnering Experts Sun, 21 Feb 2016 05:47:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.pinnacleleadership.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cropped-Screen-Shot-2021-09-14-at-9.34.58-PM-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Pinnacle Leadership Group, Inc. https://www.pinnacleleadership.com 32 32 107283831 nopartnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communicationListen to Leadership Vignettes from today's Partnering experts.Partnering Success and LeadershipThe Pinnacle Leadership Groupkelly@plginc.orgThe Pinnacle Leadership Group If You Gotta Eat Crow… https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/if-you-gotta-eat-crow/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:58:52 +0000 https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/?p=294 PL KEY 10:   IF YOU GOTTA EAT CROW, EAT IT WHILE IT’S STILL WARM. WHEN IT’S COLD IT’S HARD TO SWALLOW.

If you have screwed up, admit it and apologize. The Chinese say when you bow, bow low. It is tough for some of us to say I made a mistake, I let you down. When it happens say it and mean it, “I’m sorry.”

]]> 294 kelly@plginc.org (The Pinnacle Leadership Group)noPL KEY 10:   IF YOU GOTTA EAT CROW, EAT IT WHILE IT’S STILL WARM. WHEN IT’S COLD IT’S HARD TO SWALLOW. If you have screwed up, admit it and apologize. The Chinese say when you bow, bow low. It is tough for some of us to say I made a mistake, I let you down. When it happens say it and mean it, “I’m sorry.”The Pinnacle Leadership GroupPL KEY 10:   IF YOU GOTTA EAT CROW, EAT IT WHILE IT’S STILL WARM. WHEN IT’S COLD IT’S HARD TO SWALLOW. If you have screwed up, admit it and apologize. The Chinese say when you bow, bow low. It is tough for some of us to say I made a mistake, I let you down. When it happens say it and mean it, “I’m sorry.”partnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communication Courage is the First Virtue https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/courage-is-the-first-virtue/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:56:45 +0000 https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/?p=292 Standing up for what you believe is not always easy.  Neither is taking a step back and trying to understand what others believe to be true.

PL KEY 9: COURAGE IS THE FIRST VIRTUE (PLATO)

If you don’t have courage you can’t live any serious values. Without courage you won’t stand up for your position much less as is sometimes necessary, stand up for your adversary. To take a stand takes courage, to be honest and tell the truth, takes courage. Push hard for what you believe; have consideration for the other guy. Balance the two – courage and consideration.

]]> 292 kelly@plginc.org (The Pinnacle Leadership Group)noStanding up for what you believe is not always easy.  Neither is taking a step back and trying to understand what others believe to be true. PL KEY 9: COURAGE IS THE FIRST VIRTUE (PLATO) If you don’t have courage you can’t live any serious values. Without courage you won’t stand up for your position much less as is sometimes necessary, stand up for your adversary. To take a stand takes courage, to be honest and tell the truth, takes courage. Push hard for what you believe; have consideration for the other guy. Balance the two – courage and consideration.The Pinnacle Leadership GroupStanding up for what you believe is not always easy.  Neither is taking a step back and trying to understand what others believe to be true. PL KEY 9: COURAGE IS THE FIRST VIRTUE (PLATO) If you don’t have courage you can’t live any serious values. Without courage you won’t stand up for your position much less as is sometimes necessary, stand up for your adversary. To take a stand takes courage, to be honest and tell the truth, takes courage. Push hard for what you believe; have consideration for the other guy. Balance the two – courage and consideration.partnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communication People Care When They Know You Care https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/people-care-when-they-know-you-care/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:54:50 +0000 https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/?p=290 Safety is emotional and it SHOULD be emotional.  It is the Leader’s job to make sure that Safety is the number one priority on each and every project.

PL KEY 9 PEOPLE CARE WHEN THEY KNOW YOU CARE

]]> 290 kelly@plginc.org (The Pinnacle Leadership Group)noSafety is emotional and it SHOULD be emotional.  It is the Leader’s job to make sure that Safety is the number one priority on each and every project. PL KEY 9 PEOPLE CARE WHEN THEY KNOW YOU CAREThe Pinnacle Leadership GroupSafety is emotional and it SHOULD be emotional.  It is the Leader’s job to make sure that Safety is the number one priority on each and every project. PL KEY 9 PEOPLE CARE WHEN THEY KNOW YOU CAREpartnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communication Never Take Your Eye Off the Ball https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/never-take-your-eye-off-the-ball/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:44:10 +0000 https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/?p=287 PL KEY 7: NEGOTIATION IS JUST PROBLEM SOLVING, NEVER TAKE YOUR EYE FROM THE BALL

Negotiation should not be thought of as win/win, give and take or compromise, we should think of it as just problem solving.

People in our business sometimes bring tactics to the table to get an advantage – focus on the problem not what the people are doing to perhaps distract your attention. Just focus on the problem.

]]> 287 kelly@plginc.org (The Pinnacle Leadership Group)noPL KEY 7: NEGOTIATION IS JUST PROBLEM SOLVING, NEVER TAKE YOUR EYE FROM THE BALL Negotiation should not be thought of as win/win, give and take or compromise, we should think of it as just problem solving. People in our business sometimes bring tactics to the table to get an advantage – focus on the problem not what the people are doing to perhaps distract your attention. Just focus on the problem.The Pinnacle Leadership GroupPL KEY 7: NEGOTIATION IS JUST PROBLEM SOLVING, NEVER TAKE YOUR EYE FROM THE BALL Negotiation should not be thought of as win/win, give and take or compromise, we should think of it as just problem solving. People in our business sometimes bring tactics to the table to get an advantage – focus on the problem not what the people are doing to perhaps distract your attention. Just focus on the problem.partnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communication Commitment Requires Involvement https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/commitment-requires-involvement/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:40:02 +0000 https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/?p=285 Getting your Team’s buy-in and participation is the key to becoming successful.

PL KEY 6:   INVOLVE THEM AND YOU MAY GET THEIR COMMITMENT, DON’T AND YOU NEVER WILL.

People want to matter, to make a difference. They want to feel a part of a bigger undertaken. When we participate we can’t help but move toward commitment.

]]> 285 kelly@plginc.org (The Pinnacle Leadership Group)noGetting your Team’s buy-in and participation is the key to becoming successful. PL KEY 6:   INVOLVE THEM AND YOU MAY GET THEIR COMMITMENT, DON’T AND YOU NEVER WILL. People want to matter, to make a difference. They want to feel a part of a bigger undertaken. When we participate we can’t help but move toward commitment.The Pinnacle Leadership GroupGetting your Team’s buy-in and participation is the key to becoming successful. PL KEY 6:   INVOLVE THEM AND YOU MAY GET THEIR COMMITMENT, DON’T AND YOU NEVER WILL. People want to matter, to make a difference. They want to feel a part of a bigger undertaken. When we participate we can’t help but move toward commitment.partnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communication Relax Your Grip https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/relax-your-grip/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:34:02 +0000 https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/?p=282 More than anything, we want to feel we are in control of ourselves, but we can’t do that if we feel we are in the control of our boss.  Listen to this key to help your people be all they can be.

PL KEY 5: RELAX YOUR GRIP

We all resist being controlled, being managed, understand that people produce most and best when they do it themselves.

]]> 282 kelly@plginc.org (The Pinnacle Leadership Group)noMore than anything, we want to feel we are in control of ourselves, but we can’t do that if we feel we are in the control of our boss.  Listen to this key to help your people be all they can be. PL KEY 5: RELAX YOUR GRIP We all resist being controlled, being managed, understand that people produce most and best when they do it themselves.The Pinnacle Leadership GroupMore than anything, we want to feel we are in control of ourselves, but we can’t do that if we feel we are in the control of our boss.  Listen to this key to help your people be all they can be. PL KEY 5: RELAX YOUR GRIP We all resist being controlled, being managed, understand that people produce most and best when they do it themselves.partnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communication The Ability to Listen https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/the-ability-to-listen/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:27:27 +0000 https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/?p=275 William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli were two dominate leaders in the 19th Century.  Gladstone was a powerful public figure for more than 60 years.  It was said that when you had dinner with Gladstone, you thought that you were with the most interesting, brilliant, and provocative conversationalist.  And it was said that when you dined with Disraeli an equally charismatic figure – you felt that you were the most interesting , brilliant and provocative conversationalist.  If you are a boss, ask yourself which are you most like – Gladstone or Disraili?  There is a big difference.

PL KEY 4:   IF YOU ARE THE BOSS, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LISTEN

Listening is hard and for the boss double hard. If you listen, you just might have to change.

]]> 275 kelly@plginc.org (The Pinnacle Leadership Group)noWilliam Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli were two dominate leaders in the 19th Century.  Gladstone was a powerful public figure for more than 60 years.  It was said that when you had dinner with Gladstone, you thought that you were with the most interesting, brilliant, and provocative conversationalist.  And it was said that when you dined with Disraeli an equally charismatic figure – you felt that you were the most interesting , brilliant and provocative conversationalist.  If you are a boss, ask yourself which are you most like – Gladstone or Disraili?  There is a big difference. PL KEY 4:   IF …The Pinnacle Leadership GroupWilliam Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli were two dominate leaders in the 19th Century.  Gladstone was a powerful public figure for more than 60 years.  It was said that when you had dinner with Gladstone, you thought that you were with the most interesting, brilliant, and provocative conversationalist.  And it was said that when you dined with Disraeli an equally charismatic figure – you felt that you were the most interesting , brilliant and provocative conversationalist.  If you are a boss, ask yourself which are you most like – Gladstone or Disraili?  There is a big difference. PL KEY 4:   IF …partnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communication People Trust People Who Keep Them Informed https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/its-a-matter-of-trust/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:23:44 +0000 https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/?p=273 Recognizing that in any new major Heavy Civil Construction project there may be issues with trust between an Owner and Contractor, awareness of the importance of trust and building trust is paramount.  That TRUST is an effective multiplier:

Trust (Project Team x Mission) = Result

If Trust is less than one, it robs our effectiveness.  If it is one or greater, we genuinely experience synergy.  It is of value to everyone to work on trust.  Here are the behaviors.Learn more about trust and how it is the foundation to the success of any team endeavor.

PL KEY 3: PEOPLE TRUST PEOPLE WHO KEEP THEM INFORMED

Everyone wants to be in on things, to be in the know – go overboard in communicating with them.

]]> 273 kelly@plginc.org (The Pinnacle Leadership Group)noRecognizing that in any new major Heavy Civil Construction project there may be issues with trust between an Owner and Contractor, awareness of the importance of trust and building trust is paramount.  That TRUST is an effective multiplier: Trust (Project Team x Mission) = Result If Trust is less than one, it robs our effectiveness.  If it is one or greater, we genuinely experience synergy.  It is of value to everyone to work on trust.  Here are the behaviors.Learn more about trust and how it is the foundation to the success of any team endeavor. PL KEY 3: PEOPLE TRUST …The Pinnacle Leadership GroupRecognizing that in any new major Heavy Civil Construction project there may be issues with trust between an Owner and Contractor, awareness of the importance of trust and building trust is paramount.  That TRUST is an effective multiplier: Trust (Project Team x Mission) = Result If Trust is less than one, it robs our effectiveness.  If it is one or greater, we genuinely experience synergy.  It is of value to everyone to work on trust.  Here are the behaviors.Learn more about trust and how it is the foundation to the success of any team endeavor. PL KEY 3: PEOPLE TRUST …partnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communication If You’re Not Sick and Tired of Communicating https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/if-youre-not-sick-and-tired-of-communicating/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:21:21 +0000 https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/?p=270 We don’t communicate enough.  We make assumptions that the other person understands and sees things the way we do, and what is clear to us is clear to everyone.  It never is.  We all see things based on what is going on in our own heads, based on our own personal history and our own personal beliefs and biases.  We don’t check to see that there is a mutual understanding.  We have more ways to talk to each other than ever before yet “lack of communication” is always at the top of the list of things that go wrong when things go wrong.

PL KEY 2: IF YOU ARE NOT SICK AND TIRED OF COMMUNICATING YOU AREN’T COMMUNICATING ENOUGH

Partnering is just open and frequent communication, no more no less.

]]> 270 kelly@plginc.org (The Pinnacle Leadership Group)noWe don’t communicate enough.  We make assumptions that the other person understands and sees things the way we do, and what is clear to us is clear to everyone.  It never is.  We all see things based on what is going on in our own heads, based on our own personal history and our own personal beliefs and biases.  We don’t check to see that there is a mutual understanding.  We have more ways to talk to each other than ever before yet “lack of communication” is always at the top of the list of things that go wrong when …The Pinnacle Leadership GroupWe don’t communicate enough.  We make assumptions that the other person understands and sees things the way we do, and what is clear to us is clear to everyone.  It never is.  We all see things based on what is going on in our own heads, based on our own personal history and our own personal beliefs and biases.  We don’t check to see that there is a mutual understanding.  We have more ways to talk to each other than ever before yet “lack of communication” is always at the top of the list of things that go wrong when …partnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communication Take Dead Aim https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/take-dead-aim/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:20:20 +0000 https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/?p=268 The first “Swing Key” in successful leadership and Partnering is to Take Dead Aim.  Know where you want to go first and foremost.  Listen to my second podcast and learn why it’s so important, I ranked it #1.

PL KEY 1: TAKE DEAD AIM

Do you have clarity in where you are taking them, do they know it?

]]> 268 kelly@plginc.org (The Pinnacle Leadership Group)noThe first “Swing Key” in successful leadership and Partnering is to Take Dead Aim.  Know where you want to go first and foremost.  Listen to my second podcast and learn why it’s so important, I ranked it #1. PL KEY 1: TAKE DEAD AIM Do you have clarity in where you are taking them, do they know it?The Pinnacle Leadership GroupThe first “Swing Key” in successful leadership and Partnering is to Take Dead Aim.  Know where you want to go first and foremost.  Listen to my second podcast and learn why it’s so important, I ranked it #1. PL KEY 1: TAKE DEAD AIM Do you have clarity in where you are taking them, do they know it?partnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communication Introduction to Partnering Leadership https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/introduction-to-partnering-leadership/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:17:42 +0000 https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/?p=266 Welcome to the my new blog!  I will be sharing my latest stories, experiences and lessons learned on the various projects I work with around the United States.

A few years ago, I put together a CD Set on the 10 Partnering Leadership Swing Keys.  These are lessons that have helped many projects and leaders success.  In the next few weeks, I will be posting chapters from these CDs, and then sharing some extras on the blog.

I am excited about this new venture.  I hope you are too.

So, without further ado, here is the introduction to the series.

]]> 266 kelly@plginc.org (The Pinnacle Leadership Group)noWelcome to the my new blog!  I will be sharing my latest stories, experiences and lessons learned on the various projects I work with around the United States. A few years ago, I put together a CD Set on the 10 Partnering Leadership Swing Keys.  These are lessons that have helped many projects and leaders success.  In the next few weeks, I will be posting chapters from these CDs, and then sharing some extras on the blog. I am excited about this new venture.  I hope you are too. So, without further ado, here is the introduction to the series.The Pinnacle Leadership GroupWelcome to the my new blog!  I will be sharing my latest stories, experiences and lessons learned on the various projects I work with around the United States. A few years ago, I put together a CD Set on the 10 Partnering Leadership Swing Keys.  These are lessons that have helped many projects and leaders success.  In the next few weeks, I will be posting chapters from these CDs, and then sharing some extras on the blog. I am excited about this new venture.  I hope you are too. So, without further ado, here is the introduction to the series.partnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communication Partnering Leadership Keys https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/partnering-leadership-keys/ Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:49:59 +0000 https://www.pinnacleleadership.com/?p=238 Here is the full audio of my CD Set, 10 Keys to Partnering Leadership, published in 2002.

Larry Bonine Take Dead Aim If you are not sick and tired of communicating People trust people who keep them informed If you are the boss, it is almost impossible to listen Relax your grip Commitment requires involvement Keep your eye on the ball People care when they know how much you care Courage is the first virtue If you gotta eat crow ]]> 238 kelly@plginc.org (The Pinnacle Leadership Group)noHere is the full audio of my CD Set, 10 Keys to Partnering Leadership, published in 2002.The Pinnacle Leadership GroupHere is the full audio of my CD Set, 10 Keys to Partnering Leadership, published in 2002.partnering,leadership,transportation,construction,communication