Congruent Leadership
Nothing frustrates me more that leaders who have this unique ability to establish two sets of rules, behaviors, and values in an organization. The leaders I most respect are those who have demonstrated the capability to “walk the talk” and clearly live in concert with the values they encourage their team and their organization to [...]
Election and Leadership Lessons
I would like to change the focus of Tuesday’s election results from a political perspective to one of leadership and accountability. Earlier in the week, Mark Sanborn summarized the election results in a very clear, political blog post. I have already referenced some of his comment in a previous post.
From Mark’s post, I gleaned six quotes [...]
If Your Employees Could Vote?
What would happen if your employees voted on your performance as a leader in your organization? How would you fare? Do you really care? If you knew that they would vote you out, would you examine your role and your behaviors? To what standard are you holding yourself accountable?
Here are two facts that would likely [...]
The Challenges in Business Leadership
There is an ongoing consensus that one of the biggest challenges in business is leadership related. When discussing the various issues businesses face, at some point in time, the conversation swings to the accountability, roles, and influences leaders have on the overall success of an organization.
On the surface, nothing has a greater impact on the [...]
Managing Chaos–Like Driving in the Snow
Managing my business in times of chaos, reminds me of my days driving in the snow. One of the first lessons I learned as a young driver in Michigan was how to manage a car in that white stuff. When the car would veer out of control on a snowy, icy road the trick was [...]
Gaining Control via Grade School Management
In order gain control over their businesses there is a behavior taking place best identified as grade school management. Grade school management exists in business that feel the need to increase control over their business in order to improve their business in this economic period.
Grade School Management is exhibited in the following manner:
Your boss [...]
