Dr. Lucía C.R. Murphy Dr. Lucía Murphy, also known as “Doctor Murph,” is the managing principal of The Leadership Architect Group. Operating at the intersection of science and art, her firm designs pathways for powerful sustainable leadership that produce results that stick. Having deep and varied experiences in business, academe and nonprofits, she inspires groups and [...]
Maximizing Your Highly Skilled Team (…or groups that want to become one…) The purpose of organization development is to provide a framework for an ongoing, systematic process to implementing effective organizational change. However, all too often goal setting, strategic alignment and organizational development lead to nothing more than really, REALLY large and incredibly dull documents [...]
Personally Tailored to Your Genius Great athletes wouldn’t think of training for the Olympics without a coach. In fact, think about someone you admire — a personal coach may be their best-kept secret! According to a 2001 MetrixGlobal study, there was a 529 percent increase to significant financial and intangible benefits for a Fortune 500 company as [...]
Defining Your Message What if everyone around you was waiting to see what you’d do before they made a move? Welcome to a world that needs YOUR Courageous Leadership! Without Followers There Can Be No Leaders Perhaps the three most destructive words in the formation and execution of leadership is, “I already know” (or “I [...]
Making Change Stick What if you were in a hurry to get somewhere, and everyone you asked for directions spoke a language you didn’t understand? And there was no translator in sight? In order to be an innovator, you must separate yourself from the crowd. Strategic innovation requires foregoing “best practices” because, by definition, that means [...]
Maximizing Your Highly Skilled Team (…or groups that want to become one…) The purpose of organization development is to provide a framework for an ongoing, systematic process to implementing effective organizational change. However, all too often goal setting, strategic alignment
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Personally Tailored to Your Genius Great athletes wouldn’t think of training for the Olympics without a coach. In fact, think about someone you admire — a personal coach may be their best-kept secret! According to a 2001 MetrixGlobal study, there was a
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When Life Throws You an Unexpected Curve
It’s impossible to out-guess The Universe. We enter into a situation for all of the right reasons: A challenge. Something new. To help a friend. To lend a hand. But it didn’t turn out like you’d envisioned it. What next? Pick yourself up and dust yourself off. Be kind to yourself. Fix what you can, [...]
Leadership is Not A Once-and-Done Proposition
According to the dictionary, to “chafe” means to wear down or damage as a result of abrasive rubbing. It also means to aggravate or annoy. It happens in running. (Don’t ask!) And it happens in leadership – Something rubs against our image of ourselves or who we believe ourselves to be as a leader. Maybe [...]
10 Ways that Leaders Can Use a Marathon Mindset
In my humble opinion, there are few analogous experiences to leadership development more appropriate than the training grounds of endurance sports. In many of the incredible organizations with which I’ve had the pleasure of working, top decision makers practice some endurance activity. Sometimes it’s only to blow off steam. Sometimes it’s about gaining a mental [...]
Dr. Lucía C.R. Murphy Dr. Lucía Murphy, also known as “Doctor Murph,” is the managing principal of The Leadership Architect Group. Operating at the intersection of science and art, her firm designs pathways for powerful sustainable leadership that produce results that
... Read More »
Maximizing Your Highly Skilled Team (…or groups that want to become one…) The purpose of organization development is to provide a framework for an ongoing, systematic process to implementing effective organizational change. However, all too often goal setting, strategic alignment
... Read More »