Category Archive: Passion

Why Fitting In Doesn’t Work

Leaders choose to emphasize people or organization. The former celebrate individuality, the later accentuate fitting in. One fits the people to the program; the other fits the program to the people. Both are… Continue reading

Failure of The Pudding Palace

The Pudding Palace never made a ripple on the business scene. Poof! It appeared. Poof! It vanished. But, there it was, for a glorious moment in time, a store dedicated to pudding! Paper… Continue reading

Identify your Point of Greatest Opportunity

The door to achievement never opens kindly. It swings on reluctant hinges called resistance. Failure to push through resistance explains why you’re stuck. You came to a doorway and sat down. You started… Continue reading

When Passion Makes Fools of Leaders

Passion drives blinded leaders to repeat self-defeating behaviors. The danger of passion is it blinds sincere leaders. Passion for their strengths blinds you to their weaknesses. If you could just get them doing… Continue reading

Make Your Number One – Number Two

Image source “How do you get people to pull you, rather than you pushing them?” The question came from a leader in South Africa on a recent Skype call. Don’t waste your leadership… Continue reading

Where Passion Comes From

Passion is longing to be what you could be, but aren’t. Passion for leadership is the combination of falling below your imagined leadership potential and longing for exceptional leadership – at the same time.… Continue reading