Feb 15 2012
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The Good Leader/Bad Leader List One of the exercises I advise new leaders to try is the “Good Leader/Bad Leader” List. It’s simple. Just draw a line down the middle of a sheet of paper. Title the left side, “What I’ve Seen Leaders Do That I Liked.” Title the right side, “What I’ve …
Feb 08 2012
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The Fortune Best Companies to Work For List – Why are They the Best? Once again Fortune magazine has published its list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Google replaced SAS Institute in the number 1 slot. There are some pretty impressive stats; companies who have never laid off employees, those …
Feb 02 2012
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Leadership Lessons from Watching Politics I’ve been watching the presidential primary race with some interest. I’m interested in politics and I strongly believe as citizens, we should strive to know something about the people who want our trust; and our vote. There’s something about political campaigns, and politicians in general, that I find …
Jan 25 2012
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Who’s the Real Leaders? I just finished reading an article in which the author laments that “everyone” as he says, is called a leader, or is considered to be on one or another leadership track; something which, outside of the military just isn’t true. This author thinks we’re better off referring to most …
Jan 11 2012
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The Gen X Myth I was listening to a webinar about how to work with Generation X and was surprised and appalled by the Xer hosts diatribe about other generations. She said she absolutely hated Baby Boomers and wouldn’t work with them. She also felt Millennials were inept. She talked about her own …
Dec 28 2011
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New Year’s Resolutions or Goals Every year I advise people to forgo the usual New Year’s resolution process. Few people ever actually stick to their resolutions even though I often hear something like “I’m really going to do it this year.” I heard that last year though, and the year before. Here’s a …
Dec 07 2011
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What Books Should Leaders Read? This is a question I hear a lot. It’s a good question; leaders should be avid readers on a variety of subjects. But, as one who has read a lot of leadership books, and even written a couple, I warn you they can be dangerous! What! Dangerous? How …
Nov 30 2011
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Those Slackers One of the biggest problems for team leaders is dealing with team members who don’t want to do their share. These slackers are always a problem for leaders, but I’ve found there are some basics of leadership that will significantly reduce that problem. Since much of my leadership experience comes from …
Nov 23 2011
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Who’s in the Planning Process – and When? Should we involve our team in the planning or should they only be involved in planning the implementation rather than the plan itself? Some years ago it was popular to include worker level people in executive level planning. The thought was to “get their buy-in.” …
Nov 09 2011
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The Christmas Tree Tax The government has decided to charge consumers a 15 cent per live Christmas tree tax this year. This Christmas tree tax is to help fund an effort by the Department of Agriculture to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees. They say this is not a tax, but …
