In Tribes, Godin talks subtly about the transition in leadership from autocrat to servant. The section is titled The Posture of a Leader. He lists a series of shifts that we need to be aware of. For example, “If you are a student in my class and you don’t learn what I’m teaching, I’ve let » Read More
One of our key goals for 2013 is that character-based leaders connect. To that end, we added a Google+ community to connect further in another social sphere and we had an Instigator call about starting local groups. While we believe we connect globally, for most of us, we will make our biggest impact locally. Sure » Read More
Thank you for reading this post and any other post published on this blog. Just over three years ago, 15 people from 3 countries got together in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to consider the idea of the Lead Change Group. Since that time, people associated with the group have done hundreds of things, many of which » Read More
Leaders care. One thing I care about is that I not do nothing. When I see something that needs to be done, especially in the leadership space, I don’t want to be a tourist, trying something a little and then going back where I was. What we do should impact us and change us as » Read More
Do you compare? Do you let others force you to make judgments about yourself. Do you tend to consider yourself in relation to other people? Do you worry about how you are perceived or what type of impact you will make? Do you ever let uncertainty keep you from taking action? I wrote a post » Read More
This is the third part of a series on the origins of the Lead Change Group based on one of the key books that inspired me to take action: Tribes by Seth Godin. For links to all the posts, check out this page. When I went into business on my own as a consultant in » Read More
This is part 2 of a series on the history of the Lead Change Group outlined by examining the book Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us by Seth Godin. Check out the previous post here. For all the posts click here. “Tribes are about faith – about belief in an idea and in a » Read More
This is the first post in a series on the origins of Lead Change. A list of all of the posts along with an explanation of the series can be found here. Early in Tribes, by Seth Godin there is a section titled The Opportunity, onpage 8 of my copy. Seth Godin mentions how there » Read More
Do I influence the people around me or do they influence me? Is my sphere-of-influence those I influence or those who influence me? Who’s leading who? Seth Godin wrote a post a few of days ago about a Fire in South Buffalo. He talked about how the media seems to play on our fears and » Read More
“They didn’t define themselves by money, fame or power. They defined themselves by impact and contribution and purpose.” Jim Collins & Morten T. Hansen, Great by Choice. Is ambition bad? Wikipedia defines ambition as simply, “the desire for personal achievement.” Like many attitudes and behaviors of great leaders, ambition can go either way. There can » Read More
