Have you ever considered this…? “A Veteran, whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve, is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount up to and including his or her own life.“ Unknown Did you know that many studies » Read More
My daughter’s Little League recently held their Field Clean-Up Day. This event takes place at 9:00 AM on a Saturday in the middle of April. We live in Michigan, so the weather is usually windy, rainy and the air temp hovers near 40 degrees Fahrenheit. This year, it snowed. Ostensibly here’s what’s supposed to happen: » Read More
Yes, it takes a community to be a leader. There is another side to the equation, too. It takes leaders to be a community, to empower a community. A community is a group of people. When leadership is mixed in, the community begins to bloom. It enlivens people to show empathy, act for broader goodness, » Read More
Have you noticed how frequently the word ‘coaching’ is used these days? You don’t read an article, attend a leadership workshop, or even speak with managers without ‘coaching’ being generously referenced. It’s used to describe the act of: Helping someone do something Chewing others out Passing along information Delegating a task Recognizing what’s gone well » Read More
Do you get distracted? Everyone does. You do. I do. Distractions are everywhere. Social media has made distractions the norm. Work. Distraction. Work. Distraction. Work. Distraction. Distraction. Distraction. Work. Now go home and help yourself to some more distractions. Distractions are dangerous. Distractions are costly. Leaders are faced with multiple distractions everyday. Distracted from » Read More
Picture the best follower you have ever known. Was this person in possession of any of these traits? Knew their stuff. Had drive and determination. Was positive and willing to serve. Challenged you and made your ideas better. Helped you realize and achieve your vision. Made you and everyone around you better. I hope you’ve » Read More
Recent events in the news indicate a need for a new era of responsibility. Lance Armstrong is the latest hero to have fallen in the public arena. In his television interview with Oprah the world discovered that he won his Tour de France title and Olympics bronze medal in cycling while using various performance-enhancing drugs » Read More
So Easy to Forget Whether you’ve led teams for decades or just started in your first leadership role, if you want to be effective, there are fundamental truths you cannot afford to ignore. You may even be familiar with them, but they are easy to forget and many leaders ignore them – at great risk » Read More
Do you tend to be hard on yourself? You acknowledge your accomplishments and yes, you recognize your skills and talents, but there’s so much more to do! There’s so much more you could do! And how are you supposed to anticipate the next big thing for the coming year? Or even the next little thing » Read More
At the beginning of the year, the Regional Director had asked me to stay behind at a meeting where I had been voicing my opinion about why a major learning project hadn’t delivered. He proceeded to give me and a colleague the task of getting the project back on track in the next 12 months. » Read More
