Jim Haudan
Jim Haudan is a different kind of CEO, with a passion that goes beyond leading Root to success. For more than 20 years, he has been helping organizations unleash hidden potential by fully engaging their people to deliver on the strategies of the business. With his background as a coach, it’s not a stretch that the company Jim co-founded focuses on tapping employees’ discretionary efforts – the kind that produces winning results.
Posts by Jim Haudan
What Do Student Debt and Strategy Execution Have in Common?
What does student debt have to do with strategy execution? It is all about elevating your thinking and seeing the big picture as an interconnected system.
High Noon in Yesterday Town: Is This YOUR Business?
If you think constant change is some-thing new, step back in time with me to the days of the Old West. Let’s see what happened in Yesterday Town
Owning the Whole Before Your Piece – Part 1
The real key is each team member must own the whole before their piece: They must sacrifice the area they represent for the overall good of the company.
Lifecycle of Strategic Change
Engaging the entire company in the strategic change enables people to understand how they fit and how they can best enact the change that is needed.Your Managers Aren’t Aligned on Your Strategy
No matter how great your strategy, it can come to a grinding halt if your managers can’t interpret and translate that strategy
Lessons from Grandma – Growing and Giving
the essence of her golden touch was that she figured out long ago that giving and growing were inseparable. You couldn’t have one without the other.
Roots of Engagement Issue Four – People want to Know their Contributions Make an Impact
Link people who test, build, manufacture, pilot, serve, and transport the products and services to how it impacts the people using them.
Roots of Engagement Issue Three – People Want to Go on a Meaningful Journey
A meaningful journey has challenge, risks, excitement, suspense, unexpected events, unknowns and a purpose that makes it all worthwhile
Roots of Engagement Issue Two – People Want to Feel a Sense of Belonging
Building a sense of belonging to the team of the future for your people is an important proactive art of leadership and engagement.
Roots of Engagement Issue One – Being Part of Something Bigger Than Yourself
The perennial advice to college grads is “find yourself.” Root CEO Jim Haudan (and others) suggest the real point is to “lose yourself.”
Great Management: It’s More Than Just a Promotion
Engagement hinges on creating a clear line of sight from the marketplace to every employee so they can execute strategy. In working with clients
Gain Loyalty by Sharpening Customer Service
If you’ve been focusing on operational excellence or innovative product development, maybe it’s time to take a look at your company’s ideas
Technology: Are We Using It, or Is It Using Us?
Yogi Berra once said, “You can observe a lot just by watching.” On a plane last week, the second we touched down, I observed most people around me
Onboarding-the People Who Belong to Your Future
“Onboarding” is a term used on cruise ships, but most companies don’t operate on boats. And starting a new position or understanding your role
Employee Engagement: Being Part of Something Bigger than Yourself
A few years ago New York Times writer David Brooks wrote an article during the graduation season that really struck a chord with me.
Employees as Customers: Discovering What’s Relevant
For the first time in history, companies are experiencing four generations of people working side by side, where the age difference may be 50 years or more
Changing Mindsets in Turbulent Times
Some companies emerge from an economic downturn stronger and more highly valued than they were before the economy soured.
