We’ve all experienced it. The meeting goes well. Everyone nods, smiles, and quickly agrees. There are no objections or even questions to answer. You leave feeling confident that your proposal will be unanimously adopted. Then you hear about the meeting after the meeting… and the lingering concerns and worries that ‘everyone’ has… and you know » Read More
Here’s part 2 of Dan Rockwell’s interview with Author Mike Henry, Sr.: You can find Part 1 here. Chapter Titles: “Instigating a Leadership Revolution” and “Respect” Mike Henry, Sr. Chief Instigator, Lead Change Group Mike Henry is the founder and Chief Instigator of the Lead Change Group, a global community of leadership development professionals dedicated » Read More
Check out this great interview with Author Mike Henry, Sr.: Chapter Titles: ”Instigating a Leadership Revolution” and ”Respect” Mike Henry, Sr. Chief Instigator, Lead Change Group Mike Henry is the founder and Chief Instigator of the Lead Change Group, a global community of leadership development professionals dedicated to instigating a leadership revolution by applying character-based leadership » Read More
I had the honor of posting over at Shawn Murphy (member profile, @shawmu) and Ted Coine’s (@tedcoine) blog Switch and Shift today. The topic is Respect, which is also the same topic I discuss in our new book, The Character-Based Leader: Instigating a Leadership Revolution… One Person at a Time. Did you know there are » Read More
Today’s Smartblog on Leadership post is by Leigh Steere, co-founder of Managing People Better. She discusses racism and 8 Ways to Help End Workplace Prejudice: “Each of us needs to do a frank self-assessment and come up with a personal action plan for becoming more sensitive. Your organizational success depends on embracing employee talent and » Read More
Today’s world is an electronically connected one. It is rare to escape it all. However, there are times our full attention is needed, and meetings are one of those times. Here is what is happening. As people walk into the meeting, they have their laptops in hand. They sit down, and up go the lids. » Read More
We recently wrote about 3 changing trends and 3 continuing trends in leadership development in a post titled 6 Future Trends of Leadership Development. In light of those trends, I’d now like to suggest several actions we should take (or stop taking) in light of these trends. Personal and Individual Trends 1 and 2 were » Read More
I’ve spent the last 3 years in and around leadership development online. I have also spent the last 30 years learning about leadership development (and learning in general). After numerous mistakes, and before several more, some things have become obvious to me because of my time online. Leadership development is changing quickly. I’m not speaking » Read More
We’ve had a couple of great discussions on this site and on LinkedIn over the saying, “Respect must be earned.” You can see some of the discussion on the comments to Mary Schaefer’s post, Respect Must Be Earned. Also, check out the tag on respect and see a number of great posts about respect on » Read More
Bosses, no, I really don’t intend on making you a target of disrespect. Earlier this year I expounded on how much this phrase, “respect must be earned,” bugs me, in the context of a manager to employee relationship — mainly because it can be misinterpreted and give license to immature or unscrupulous managers to treat » Read More
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