I got my first opportunity to consciously stand up for what I believed in in 1994. In the last year of my Master’s program, my thesis involved research on the process of creating a successful business partnership. Using Appreciative Inquiry, our process resulted in a model of a synergistic triangle consisting of three equally key » Read More
A while back, I wrote a post titled Good Leadership vs. Effective Leadership about the difference between a good leader and an effective leader. The premise of that post was that an effective leader was one who got others to do what that leader wanted. A good leader was one who got others to achieve » Read More
Leaders are known to inspire others to act and achieve goals that they otherwise would not be able to achieve themselves. They challenge the status quo and break down barriers to help their constituents achieve their vision. In many ways, leaders make things happen and affect change that moves the needle and transforms the company » Read More
My first corporate experience came at about fifteen years into my professional life. I made the decision to toss my resume in the air to see where it might land. The company I found myself attracted to was a $5B global high tech company with a very conservative culture. I quickly learned that this company » 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
In our group, we’ve had a lot of conversation about character-based leadership. This is the second post in a series on character-based leadership. The first was Sources of Leadership. What result does character-based leadership promise? What makes our type of leadership different? So I thought about the question for a few minutes. Quickly, I thought » Read More
Did you see the recent Bourne movies; The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum? In the first movie, The Bourne Identity, Jason and Marie run into the countryside to hide out at her friend Eamon’s chateau. Another of the Treadstone assasins, The Professor, played by Clive Owen comes to kill Bourne, but » Read More
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