Lead Change Group

As a lad, I lived for Saturday morning cartoons. Long before DVR, a boy needed an alarm clock catch the Super-Friends at 6 AM. And though a wide assortment of cartoons whizzed by until Noon, there was a consistent message throughout: “They’re GREAT!”  See that was the catch-phrase of Tony the Tiger, the cartoon pitchman [...]

I watched Saving Private Ryan yesterday.  It was the first time I had seen the movie all the way through.  I enjoy great movies, but few sad ones. I knew enough about this movie to know it was sad.  I also knew the plot and story.  It is truly an inspired classic. James Francis Ryan [...]

Maybe it’s time we started a little global warming. Oh, I’m not talking about the planet’s surface temperature.  I’m talking about a different kind of warmth.  When people know one another and share a mutual appreciation, there is said to be a warmth between them.  When those people actually work together to make a positive [...]

My gratitude goes out to Joan Koerber-Walker and her Core Purpose blog.  Joan is very involved in leadership development, small business and Arizona small business.  She manages several on-line profiles and works tirelessly to make a difference through her business and professional services.  Joan took the time to publish an interview of me that even [...]

The original idea for the Lead Change Group was launched on March 30, 2009. It rose out of my desire to develop as a leader and build quality leaders. I prefer action to inaction, so rather than hoping someone else would do something, I began the group. My goal was to act on my belief [...]

You have probably heard the David Campbell quote: “Discipline is remembering what you want.”  We all have more wants than we can keep up with.  That’s why tools like Getting Things Done (the book and system by David Allen), PDA’s and note-taking applications exist.  We forget what we want.  Our higher, more important values typically [...]

What does it take to be truly unique? What do you do that no one can reproduce? A meeting I had this week caused me to think a great deal about this. This person said that they sought out people who were truly unique and that could make an impact to their company’s bottom line. [...]

As a manager, what’s the best thing you can do for your organization?  Is your highest goal making money?  Is it the financial largess of your organization, or the praise of your customers?  Have you ever wondered how noble it is to help a very few people make a lot of money?  What is the [...]

We’ve been talking about how reflecting on past events is a tool to enable you to lead better in the future.  Reflecting on past experiences is an important part of self-developing your leadership skills.  While you can attend classes to help you understand the steps of reflection, skillful reflection is only developed with practice.  Everyone [...]

Annually, The Willow Creek Association puts on a Leadership Summit where some great minds in church and business leadership share ideas about leadership.  I attended several years ago and, while energized, I felt that the speakers challenged me to do things I was powerless to do.  As a layperson in the structured church, I feel [...]