In my last post, I suggested ways to help you move your leadership vision from black & white, to color, to Technicolor, to 3D/HDTV. Once you have written out your goal, shared it with others, and repeated it regularly, you need to take it one step further and make it tactile. But how do you […]Read more
Tactile Tactics for 3D Leadership Vision
It’s been said before: leaders must have vision. But, how do we fine-tune our vision so that it progresses from simple black & white, moves to color, advances to Technicolor, and eventually expands to provide the clarity of 3D/HDTV? As a leader, an unfocused, unclear, or ill-defined vision, or one that Read more
I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn’t. -Dee Dee MyersRead more
One of the best bosses I ever had used to say that although he was the boss at work, he realized that at home, it was a different story. My wife keeps me centered, he admitted. She tells me that I may be important at work, but at home I’m just part of the family. […]Read more
If you have to ask someone, Can’t you take a joke?, they probably can’t. But as a leader, you should be able to ask yourself the same question, and, without hesitation, answer yes, I can! Comedy Central’s Jeff Ross, known for his in-your-face approach, says that humor shows that you are, in fact, Read more
Some people’s egos are so large that they have to be either the bride at the wedding or the corpse at the funeral. They think other people exist only to serve them in some way or another. A person consumed with himself never considers spending time raising others up. -John C. MaxwellRead more
Leaders are not just WOWs or DUDs. It takes years of practice and experience to become one or the other. In the interim, those climbing their way up the corporate ladder or simply finding out who they really are, will make numerous mistakes, will enjoy small successes, and will either act upon or miss countless Read more
Leadership depends upon lessons from the past as well as goals for the future. But what matters most, at any given time, is whats being done NOW. The best and brightest WOWs among us are examples of exemplary endurance and continuous, forward-moving successes. But sometimes leadership is successful even when its Read more
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. –Norman SchwarzkopfRead more
Back in the day, when I had school projects to research, I checked the library or our families set of trusty encyclopedias for information. What I turned in was either handwritten on ruled paper, or for a more polished look, painstakingly typed out with a manual machine. Although an empty pen or some misplaced Read more