In Over Your Head
Leadership’s pivotal moment arrives the moment you admit you’re in over your head. Until then, you’re predictable and mundane. The weight of leadership hasn’t buckled your knees. Competence holds you up. Bain of… Continue reading
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The Future is Cancelled – Getting it Back
The present you enjoy now was built yesterday. You’re building the future right now. “Future is now. If you want to become a leader in 2020, then it is not what you do… Continue reading
Seven Ways to Succeed Again
Failure is hard, but maintaining success is harder. Things get clear when the house is on fire. Obstacles pull strong teams together. Crisis creates focus and urgency. There’s nowhere to go but up.… Continue reading
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
Successful Business Leaders Share One Purpose
Every successful business leader has one single-minded purpose, create customers. Businesses aren’t born until they create customers; they die when they stop. I love writing about the qualities and behaviors of effective leaders.… Continue reading