Category Archive: Book Notes

How to Find Your Breakthrough

***** If you already know the answer, you’re not going anywhere. I don’t think you can lead if you hate surprises. Leaders rise up during uncertainty and press through ambiguity; they embrace surprises.… Continue reading

Himself

Whether I’m right or whether I’m wrong Whether I find a place in this world or never belong I gotta be me, I’ve gotta be me What else can I be but what… Continue reading

The #1 Thing Leaders Suck At

I felt like a kid in a candy story when, after the first ring, Jim Kouzes, co-author of The Leadership Challenge, picked up the phone and said, “It’s Jim.” Four years ago, by… Continue reading

The Untapped Secret of Creating Passion

***** I took a small team into a space that needs transformation and asked them what could be done to make the space youthful and vibrant. They weren’t to consider “how” to do… Continue reading

A Horse With No Legs

Great goals are great beginnings, but goals alone never reach great endings. “Move beyond goals; focus on specific tasks.” Dean Brenner in “Share the Sandbox” A goal without action items is a horse… Continue reading

How to Destroy Teams and Become Losers

Image source Terrible teams are easy; great teams rare. Great teams do two things. First, people working together achieve things individuals can’t; they achieve more together. Second, Teams that work – work at… Continue reading