Lead Change Group

We’ve spoken before about the idea that LeadChange is an open-source leadership community.  At our first un-conference, LeaderPalooza, we sourced the agenda, the discussions, and follow up activities from the group itself.  No one came to hear others speak and no one got a binder to remind them what they should be doing.  We accept [...]

Social media entered another dimension this past weekend. At least for me.  It took on a third dimension, and a fourth! I met 13 members of the Lead Change Group face to face this past weekend at LeaderPalooza.  The third dimension was the people. What a great group of new comrades-in-arms.  The fourth dimension is [...]

We’ve had a couple of posts about character based leadership as a starter for discussions that will take place at LeaderPalooza Feb 19-20, 2010 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.  You can find the other posts on character-based leadership under the titles Sources of Leadership and Three Promises of Character-based Leadership.  Also, you can click the LeaderPalooza [...]

In our group, we’ve had a lot of conversation about character-based leadership.  This is the second post in a series on character-based leadership.  The first was Sources of Leadership. What result does character-based leadership promise? What makes our type of leadership different? So I thought about the question for a few minutes. Quickly, I thought [...]

We’ve spoken quit a bit about LeaderPalooza but more than one person has asked for clarification. Much of what we’ve said to date refers to what LeaderPalooza is not, rather than what it is.  It’s not even a conference, but rather an un-conference! So what is LeaderPalooza going to be anyway? LeaderPalooza will be a [...]

Have you ever noticed how quickly a fire dies out when you separate the logs or the coals?  Fire, energy and ideas have many things in common. People with energy, enthusiasm and ideas can equip, supply and assist one another. Like a fire, when they’re together, they fuel each other.  Separated they burn or die [...]