I recently presented some ideas for a leader to consider when interacting with a new boss. New leaders are sometimes surprised to learn that their relationship has changed with others around them as well. Previous peers may now be subordinates and the new leader will discover a whole new set of peers. The …
Tag Archive: leadership
Feb 23 2010
How to Define Personal Values
Values. If you ask Google about values, you’ll get over 270 million hits. Values must be a pretty interesting subject. If you ask “what are values” you’ll get another 170 million plus hits. So, there are a lot of people talking about values. When I work with leaders, and especially when I help …
Feb 18 2010
Stress Relief for Leaders
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 …
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, …
