There’s a very important post over on Seth Godin’s blog titled The forever recession (and the coming revolution) that you simply must read. Our world is changing faster than we realize. Partly because it doesn’t change for each of us at the same time, we often fail to think about the news we hear in » Read More
I’ve read two different posts in the past few weeks that caused me to think about how we treat people in the workplace. The first was actually a series written by Chad Balthrop about the trap of Transactional Leadership. Sometimes, many times, we view our personal interactions as transactions and our language exposes that belief. » Read More
I just finished reading an article published by Entrepreneur.com written by George Cloutier: The Turnaround Ace. The title of the article is Your Company Is not a Democracy: The most effective leaders are benevolent dictators who hold employees accountable. It brought back memories of several jobs I have had so I thought, in the spirit » Read More
“[G]reat talent leads to more innovation and more productivity which then lead[s] to more demand.” Seth Godin, Linchpin We have written here about what I called Open-Source Leadership. I asked, “Can we create a community of leaders that are committed to leadership development without personal agendas, like an open-source project?” Seth Godin’s quote above from » Read More
Linchpin is a fairly important recent book by Seth Godin. Most of the concepts in the book aren’t new and have been presented in many other books including The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn. Many times the way the author makes a point or the current state of the economy may serve to add impact » Read More
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 » Read More
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 » Read More
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