Leadership Lost and Found
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” ~ John F. Kennedy
Leadership is a pretty popular topic in today’s business climate. As organizations continue to work through their economic and growth challenges, the pressure and expectations put on leaders, executives and managers to generate immediate results increases. From there, everything rolls downhill and the real [...]
The Management Commitment
I enjoyed a great interactive conversation with an old client who is in the process of managing his first team. His biggest concerns were how he can make a difference in an expedient manner. The nature of his questions were based on the objective of accelerating his career. I politely and directly informed him that [...]
Organizational Growth Initiatives
I read a recent blog post by Brad Power entitled “Get Your Operations in Shape by Focusing on Process.” Though not a process person myself, I agreed with the four processes identified by Power as critical to effective organizational development and growth. However, I found myself feeling that the tone of the blog focused far [...]
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 [...]
True Leaders Surface in Tough Times
It is in the midst of struggles and challenges that true leaders surface. With all the content and talk around leadership, it is obvious our economic, political, and corporate worlds are all looking for its leaders. Not wanting to get caught up in the chatter about what defines a leader, I wanted to share my [...]
The Standard for an Effective, Influential Leader
Most of us have a person that is their standard for an effective, influential leader and role model. That person may have been a coach, a teacher, a politician, minister, mentor, owner or boss. Regardless of who it was, there is someone who had played a significant role in our lives and who we [...]
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 [...]
Of Legacy, Legend, and Leadership
This past weekend we had the opportunity to be reminded of the great influence John Wooden had on the sport of basketball, on the people he coached, and on those who paid attention to his teachings. The most impressive component of his legacy is not all the records he set, but on how true he [...]
