Comments on: Five leadership lessons from the whitewater rapids of Snake River http://marketing-has-changed.com/five-leadership-lessons-from-the-whitewater-rapids-of-snake-river/ Musings to help marketing leader prosper in a digital age Thu, 17 May 2012 21:25:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pam Holman http://marketing-has-changed.com/five-leadership-lessons-from-the-whitewater-rapids-of-snake-river/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Pam Holman Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:48:38 +0000 http://marketing-has-changed.com/?p=604#comment-95 Great points that remind me of a similar experience on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. At the end of the trip, my husband, a CIO with a Fortune 500 company at the time, encouraged our guides to apply for positions with his company based on the applicability of their skills to the business environment. He had just spent a week with these folks who had demonstrated outstanding leadership, strong organization skills, and even technical ability (in the huddles in which they analyzed the upcoming rapids). Great article. Thanks! Great points that remind me of a similar experience on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. At the end of the trip, my husband, a CIO with a Fortune 500 company at the time, encouraged our guides to apply for positions with his company based on the applicability of their skills to the business environment. He had just spent a week with these folks who had demonstrated outstanding leadership, strong organization skills, and even technical ability (in the huddles in which they analyzed the upcoming rapids).

Great article. Thanks!

]]> By: Paul http://marketing-has-changed.com/five-leadership-lessons-from-the-whitewater-rapids-of-snake-river/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Paul Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:21:31 +0000 http://marketing-has-changed.com/?p=604#comment-94 Makes me recall the lessons Scouts of my troop learned when we went canoeing. The trip they recalled the best was a trip where we pulled out on an island between two streams of the river. The river was crowded with weekend boaters. The weekenders usually took the wrong stream, one with a fallen tree across it. The boys spent more than an hour pulling people out, recovering paddles and empty canoes. Working as a team to help other people really made an impression on them. Those boys are all in their 40s now. Makes me recall the lessons Scouts of my troop learned when we went canoeing. The trip they recalled the best was a trip where we pulled out on an island between two streams of the river. The river was crowded with weekend boaters. The weekenders usually took the wrong stream, one with a fallen tree across it. The boys spent more than an hour pulling people out, recovering paddles and empty canoes. Working as a team to help other people really made an impression on them. Those boys are all in their 40s now.

]]> By: GP http://marketing-has-changed.com/five-leadership-lessons-from-the-whitewater-rapids-of-snake-river/comment-page-1/#comment-92 GP Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:29:04 +0000 http://marketing-has-changed.com/?p=604#comment-92 This is simply an amazing article which could be adopted to every walk of leadership be it at home or outside it. All of know or we "assume" we know or at least "pretend" to know all about it but when reality stares you in the face..... Thanks for posting such a wonderful article. This is simply an amazing article which could be adopted to every walk of leadership be it at home or outside it. All of know or we “assume” we know or at least “pretend” to know all about it but when reality stares you in the face…..
Thanks for posting such a wonderful article.

]]> By: Jen Luna http://marketing-has-changed.com/five-leadership-lessons-from-the-whitewater-rapids-of-snake-river/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Jen Luna Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:28:08 +0000 http://marketing-has-changed.com/?p=604#comment-91 These are great leadership lessons for anyone in any management role and in any type of organization. I think your last lesson on celebrating is particularly worth highlighting considering the toll that the economic climate has taken on employee morale at a lot of organizations. Celebrating victories and accomplishments - no matter how big or small - has a HUGE impact on individual and team morale. Your insight from this trip is so valuable for managers to understand to really get the most out of their staff. It takes the role of a "boss" into more of a "coach". My organization has in fact adopted an "evaluation" system based on the points you mentioned in your post. Instead of a traditional "evaluation" it is a coaching process that has helped me and many individuals at our organization grow, succeed and strive even during these rough times. Would be happy to post the process to your blog if you/anyone is interested in seeing it! These are great leadership lessons for anyone in any management role and in any type of organization.

I think your last lesson on celebrating is particularly worth highlighting considering the toll that the economic climate has taken on employee morale at a lot of organizations. Celebrating victories and accomplishments – no matter how big or small – has a HUGE impact on individual and team morale.

Your insight from this trip is so valuable for managers to understand to really get the most out of their staff. It takes the role of a “boss” into more of a “coach”. My organization has in fact adopted an “evaluation” system based on the points you mentioned in your post. Instead of a traditional “evaluation” it is a coaching process that has helped me and many individuals at our organization grow, succeed and strive even during these rough times. Would be happy to post the process to your blog if you/anyone is interested in seeing it!

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