What energizes you? When you’re having one of those days when things aren’t going right and the boss isn’t happy, what do you do? Hopefully, your answer isn’t to find someone to yell at. Leaders seldom make everyone happy but they can count on having bad days. Whether it’s just a bad day …
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Feb 16 2010
100 Years of Leadership Training
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Originally founded in England by General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, scouting came to America by way of the first organization in Washington D.C. formed in 1910. Since then over 50 million young men have been Boy Scouts. When Cub Scout’s numbers are …
Feb 10 2010
Leadership and Toyota
Most of us who study management have at least a passing knowledge of Toyota and the Toyota Management System. For years this car company has been held up as the epitome of corporate excellence and the example for all to follow. Now, the bloom is suddenly off the rose and, if one believes …
Feb 09 2010
Personal Leadership: 5 Questions Leaders Should Ask Themselves
Send to Kindle“Know thyself.” This short quotation is credited to the Greek philosopher Plato who was writing the words of Socrates in “Charmides.” He was actually referring to an inscription at the ancient city of Delphi. This often cited quote presents what are probably the two most important words of guidance for a leader. A …
Feb 04 2010
Leadership Responsibility: Who’s Writing the Mission Statement
Recently, I read a short letter in a major business magazine which stated that mission statements need to be written by the people who have to follow them. I was in an organization once which subscribed to that theory and I can say that the only good that came from the effort was …
Feb 02 2010
Leadership and Delegation: Who’s Driving the Train
I was assaulted one day by a person from another part of the organization with a series of directives that were going to cause my staff and me considerable extra work for what seemed to be little or no gain. Our director had decreed we begin to comply with the 5S (Sort, Straighten, …
Jan 29 2010
A Good Plan Well Executed
I like to ask people if they know their company’s mission. Some give a somewhat decent rendition of what they think is the mission statement, some just say they don’t know, some mutter some platitude about customer service, and a few look at me like I was from Mars. For some reason I’m …
Jan 28 2010
Simple Leadership
Peter Walsh is an organizational expert with many books, radio, and television appearances to his credit. On his TLC show he goes to the home of a family who can’t seem to straighten up their house or throw anything away. Are there really people who live like that? Apparently so, but that’s not …
