Regardless of what you think, you really are the same person at home that you are at work. One persona may be more “masked” than the other, but you are …
Happy Birthday to Leadership Voices!
Today marks the first anniversary of Leadership Voices. And what an incredible first year it has been! What began in my home office on my laptop has grown into a …
Leadership Inaction or In Action
I am contemplating the examples of leadership that are prevalent today and instead of being shining examples of Leadership In Action, with a space between “In” and “Action”, I seem …
What Qualities of Manliness Stand the Test of Time?
Cosmopolitan Magazine began its publishing life as a quality family oriented magazine. Unfortunately it has evolved into a “Grocery Store Checkout” magazine that is chock full of what celebrity is …
For the Fathers to Be
I realize today that I have written almost a year’s worth of articles for Fatherhood Friday and each one of them has been written as an encouragement for those who …
Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche
Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche was a a bestselling tongue-in-cheek book satirizing stereotypes of masculinity very popular that was published the year that my wife and I got married. I …
Cherishable or Perishable?
What are you trying to build in your organization or in your home? Are you trying to build something that will perish and will not last? Or are you building …
Foundational Fathers
We have taken a little bit of a political turn lately here at LeadershipVoices and I think that was important and I think that folks were expressing deep concerns about …
George Washington on Leadership
We have studied George Washington since first grade. We think we know a lot about him. But I am not sure that what we think we know is really historically …
Leadership Means Sometime You Have to Push
Leadership means sometimes you have to move large groups of sometimes inanimate objects such as people and institutions in a forward direction. As a leader you are often a “pusher”. …