Why Would Anyone Want To Be Led By You? Or Me?
The year is nearly over. Many leaders and leadership teams are taking their annual step back to do a deep-dive assessment of their organization’s progress against the goals and …
Legacy Leadership – Part 1 – Focus on Legacy Leadership
A focus on legacy leadership will drive every decision that you make and every action that you take. So, what is Legacy Leadership? “The things which you have heard …
Leaders Encourage Vigorous Debate
Great leaders know how to focus on the positive, helpful, edifying and uplifting communication while managing the negative, destructive, decisive and demeaning communication in meetings. Consider this advice from …
Communicating as a Leader
I recently spent 2 days in meetings with the North American members of my global team. There were a lot of presentations. A lot! One word that came up …
Adaptive Leadership
So many of the world’s problems, and the issues that organizations, businesses, and people face every day can seem intractable and unsolvable. Leadership consultants Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow and …
Listening for the Future
Great leaders are always “listening for the future” all the while staying grounded in the here and the now. That sounds impressive and insightful. But what does it mean? …
Wit & Wisdom from Midland County, TX
I love living in Texas. I usually tell people that I was born in way extreme far east Texas. [better known as Alexandria, Louisiana]. And you get wit & …
Signs That A Leader Is Succeeding
I recently wrote an article called, “Signs That A Leader Is Failing”. And I did so with a fair amount of trepidation. When you consult with other leaders you always …
Five Things You Can Do To Prepare The Young To Lead
There is much to be learned from those who have served our Country by serving in the military. This is especially true if you look at some of the …
Signs That A Leader Is Failing
I was told by a manager one time, “If you aren’t failing, you aren’t trying.” And I am sure that there are many situations in which that statement is true. …