Your strengths have dark sides that limit potential, destroy achievement, and hamstring opportunities. Powerful strengths become anchors without softeners. The difference between mediocre and extraordinary success is tempering qualities. Task oriented leaders come off… Continue reading
It’s easier for leaders to step up and in than to step down and back. Beginnings demand stepping in; enduring, exponential success calls for stepping back. Before stepping back: Before you step back, build… Continue reading
Lies are told because they’re easier than the truth. Lies are told to help or hurt. Leaders tell lies to protect those who can’t handle the truth or manipulate those who know too… Continue reading
Image source Casting vision to hopeless people is like feeding cake to the dead. The greatest vision in the world is meaningless in the absence of hope. It’s more important to build hope… Continue reading
“Managing up” means you’re thinking like those over you and adapting. Those who adapt survive and thrive. Thinking like the boss: What’s the leader’s style? Where should I fit in and how can… Continue reading
***** If you haven’t worked for an insecure jerk, you will. Insecure jerks corrupt corporate culture and hamstring employees. They think first of personal agendas, divert focus, and instigate drama. Change: Don’t expect… Continue reading
