Mar 26 2014
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What do you consider success? How do you know if you’ve reached that point? I include this in those things a leader should know about themselves because I’ve found it’s important. Some leaders never stop to think about what success really is. Take a piece of paper and write at the top, “Succes …
Mar 19 2014
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Think about someone you don’t like. Why don’t you like them? Now, consider someone who can really make you mad. What is it that they do that fires your temper? As my psychology professor once said, we all have buttons. The question is, how do we manage those buttons. Do we wear them …
Mar 12 2014
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What are you really good at? Be honest and put away the humility for a moment. Take a piece of paper and write two or three things you are really good at. For this exercise, try to keep it related to your leadership responsibilities. Maybe you’re good at speaking to people. Perhaps you’re …
Mar 05 2014
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There’s a common misconception that you’ve probably heard quite often. “That person doesn’t have any values.” That’s wrong. Everyone has values. They are an internal force that tends to control our actions. When I work with groups creating strategic plans we do a short exercise to identify values and I find that most …
Jan 06 2014
Be Prepared. It’s the Boy Scout motto and it’s pretty good advice. As I write this another winter storm is threatening the eastern U.S. It promises to bring very cold temperatures (by U.S. standards anyway) and a big load of snow. Some will be prepared and handle whatever the storm brings. Other will …
Jan 03 2014
I’ll confess, I’m one of the dozen or so Americans who don’t watch Duck Dynasty. But, I am one of the millions who have been watching the controversy surrounding the Duck Dynasty patriarch, Phil Robertson’s, comments in an interview with GQ magazine. My interest in this is mainly as an example of what …
Dec 09 2013
Last week I posted some comments on a leader’s responsibility to shield workers from bad leadership from above them in the organization. To follow up a little more, I suggest reading Will Your Bad Boss Make You a Bad Boss, Too? by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman. Zenger and Folkman have done some …
May 22 2013
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Send to Kindle What To Do When the Change Really Was Wrong I thought it was a brilliant idea, I’d weighed all the options, considered possible consequences, and examined the impact the change would have on the organization. Everything looked good. So I implemented the change and sat back to watch the amazing, positive transformation …
May 20 2013
7 Tips For Leading Effective Meetings There is little in the working world as distasteful as unproductive, poorly led meetings. It’s ironic that many of the most distasteful and unproductive meetings are led by the ones who complain the most about other’s meetings. Meetings that people don’t find terribly onerous or wasteful are …
May 15 2013
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Send to Kindle Dealing With Naysayers While Implementing Change One of the hardest parts of the change process is dealing with naysayers. No matter how logical an idea might seem to you the leader, someone will not agree and may actively work against you. How do you deal with that? Like so many other parts …
