- Archive for November, 2010

Working with operational systems or financial systems is commonplace. Working with people systems remains an abstract concept.  Since 1997 Leadership Systems has provided expertise to reveal, map, and manipulate these systems. Every system has outputs.  The outputs of the people systems in organizations are often centered around concepts such as: Trust levels Commitment levels Effort levels Organizational culture Leadership approaches Strategy The need for consulting services, however, is ...

Scott Airitam’s Leadership Systems, LLC’s professional staff provides facilitation services for various types of meetings.  The main benefit of an outside facilitator is that there is no perception of favoritism, political maneuvering, or bias.  People tend to brainstorm better, communicate more honestly, and get through a process more efficiently with an outside facilitator. The most common facilitation requests are for the ...

Often training is viewed as a singular event meant to “solve” a problem within an organization.  Certainly, training can be that, on occasion.  However, training is most powerfully employed when it is proactive—used to achieve a set of goals by equipping people with the tools they need to be successful. Scott Airitam’s Leadership Systems, LLC has been in the business of ...

We make presentations with a message, but don’t lump us in with all the other “motivational speakers.”  Too often people sit through speeches that are uplifting, but leave the audience with a sense of, “that was fine and well for them, but knowing their story doesn’t tell me what I should specifically do to improve my situation when I walk ...

One of the things that I know I must say often is, “Leadership Systems is pretty picky about the clients it takes on.” How do I know I say this? People I talk to tend to remind me that I’ve said it.  Now, I don’t mean it from the perspective of us looking down our noses at another organization.  Quite ...

Leadership Systems uses a number of tools for various situations to come up with data to help guide or support consulting decisions.  These tools provide a means of creating a “snapshot” of the organization or certain specific elements of the organization. The CAT© (Culture Assessment Tool) (administered one-on-one with employees) Scott Airitam’s Leadership Systems, LLC’s CAT is a self-reporting tool that breaks ...

When I talk with people about the learning and development efforts of their organization, I always feel a little bit bad for those who say that "there is no budget for training." Employee development is the foundation for long-term viability in any industry. Conversely, largely undeveloped work groups are the ones that tend to ...

So, now I know how my cell phone must feel every time I plug it in and give it some juice. There is no use in having all of that new power if there isn't a phone call to be made, an email to retrieve and respond to, or directions to be mapped out. All ...