Free ProActive Leadership Advisory Tips Available From Author Dr. Millard MacAdam to Help Leaders Implement a Critical "Taking Stock" Strategy for Enhancing Company Success in the Year Ahead

On the ProActive Leadership web site, www.PALConsulting.net/Advisory.asp, leaders can gain access to the free web copy of Dr. Millard MacAdams PAL Advisory Tips for January. In this issue, he outlines critical questions leaders can ask themselves, their staff members, and selected customers when engaging in the process of Taking Stock of some of their organizations key areas to enhance company success in the year ahead. Dr. Mac says, Leaders possess lots of knowledge that is merely potential power. It is the knowledge they apply that leads to personal empowerment and excellent performance, productivity, and profitability."

(PRWEB) January 2, 2005 -- From his field research and work with company owners for over four decades, Dr. Mac MacAdam has consistently found that Taking Stock is a critical process for leaders to engage in with their staff members at the beginning of each year. He has found that the process helps leaders and their staff members better position their companies to gain and retain the most competitive edge possible during the year ahead.

Each of the key areas for which Dr Mac lists Taking Stock assessment questions are: leadership, resource management, planning, personnel management, problem prevention and resolution, staff development, peoples work satisfaction, continuous improvement, mutual accountability, marketing, sales, product and service development, product and service delivery, and customer satisfaction. The answers leaders get back from these questions give them new insights and knowledge. They can then apply what they learn to empower themselves and their staff members to guide their organizations toward being more productive and profitable.", says MacAdam.

Also outlined in this issue are the processes leaders in all types and sizes of enterprises can use to facilitate an effective Taking Stock process. MacAdam says, When leaders invest a little time in facilitating this Taking Stock process, the rewards are great. They achieve a positive team building outcome by using the process, they uncover unseen problems and possibilities, and they energize and motivate their staff members to work together to make good things happen."

MacAdam has also found that, An unexamined life is hardly worth living". Therefore, he also encourages leaders to engage in a personal Taking Stock process. He suggests leaders solicit feedback from staff members and customers by asking them questions about how they are doing as a leader regarding the key leadership functions and tasks for which they are responsible. MacAdam has found that Taking Stock is a vital process for leaders to use to help themselves, their staff, and their companies gain and maintain a sharp, competitive edge.

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