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This is a guest post by Jessica Henry (Twitter, LinkedIn), my daughter.  She has no shortage of hobbies or books on her reading list.  Many of the books come from me.  But when she read this one, because of her feedback, I asked her to post the review.  You’ll find that leadership comes in every [...]

Did you see the movie or read the book, The Ultimate Gift by Jim Stovall? In it the main character, Jason, goes to a Central American nation that I don’t recall to help out with a project that his father was involved in. The project was a library. Jason is a bit jaded when he [...]

After a considerable search on the Internet, I could find the following quote attributed to several people. It seems Bill Cosby may have said it as the character Dr. Huxtable on the Bill Cosby show. It seems very much “in character.” The quote: “Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.”

A book’s length is not a direct indicator of it’s value or depth.  Many a lengthy book has put me to sleep and many a short book has had wonderful insights.  The Leadership Test by Timothy R. Clark Ph.D. falls into the later category.  It’s a very quick read but it left me with a [...]

I’ve read a few articles criticizing Warren Bennis and others for the way they tend to polarize leaders vs. managers or leaders vs. managers and supervisors.  Wally Bock always has an interesting perspective and he posted a much commented Three Star Leadership blog post here.  Wally has rich experience in leadership development, developing new leaders, [...]

I just read a post by Nicole Williams at the Huffington Post entitled Five Lies You Should Tell Your Boss. According to Nicole, the five times it’s OK to lie are: When they ask what you’re worth. When they ask what your future plans are. When they ask about your experience. When they ask about [...]

Are you a producer or a consumer?  Do you evaluate your own output? You can read much today about your personal brand.  It’s no accident.  The Internet, rather than revolutionizing marketing, is institutionalizing it.  Not only must we market our companies and our products or services, we are each individually something that must be represented, [...]

We asserted before that anyone can lead.  In fact, everyone does lead.  You lead.  (Really!)  You influence some other people on purpose. If you’re honest, you could lead better.  By “better” I mean that you could lead more people, more often, to more action, for a better purpose.  So how do you do that?  How [...]