Feel Like Blowing Up? Here’s How!
I never met a leader worth their salt that wasn’t angry about something. Anger is easy to feel but hard to express, usefully. Occasionally, great leaders blow up. It’s recorded that Jesus flew… Continue reading
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What the Heck is a “Ding in the Universe”
I never appreciated Steve Jobs’ quote, “I want to put a ding in the universe,” until I talked with Gary Hamel, Wall Street Journal’s #1 most influential business thinker. I asked Gary what… Continue reading
Organizations Where Average Leaders Excel
By definition most of us are average. Even though: 68% of the faculty at the University of Nebraska rate themselves in the top 25% of teaching ability. 90% students see themselves as more… Continue reading
How to Make Subordinates Colleagues
***** You must give power in order to empower? Empowerment is giving qualified people power and permission to act. Empowerment fails when leaders talk empowerment but hang on to permission or make it… Continue reading
The Destruction of Potential and Joy
Image source Leave the good ole days in the past. Enjoy memories but never try recreating experiences. Some years back, my wife and I went to an amusement park with another couple. It… Continue reading
Successful Intervention in 5 Steps
Weak leaders smugly think, “I knew that would happen.” Cowardly leaders saying “I told you so.” Not if but how: Strong leaders tip toward courageous intervention. They don’t sit on the sidelines like… Continue reading