“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Abraham Maslow Your strength is your hammer. If only the world was a nail. Strengths pull toward “right” solutions. Comfortable tools are… Continue reading
Past tense leaders don’t clarify results or methods, before you take action. But, when it’s over, they critique and tweak what you did. Lousy leaders are wise after the fact. Correcting the past:… Continue reading
Organizations that ignore dreamers die. The two most dangerous people in organizations are dreamers who lack experience and dream-killers. Dream-killers roll their eyes and say, “They don’t know what it takes.” A young dreamer’s confidence is rooted in… Continue reading
The voice in your head is someone else, who sounds like you. Don’t trust it. Inner voices are the disguised voices of people from your past. Inner critic: Your inner critic is the voice of an… Continue reading
When failure is imminent, it doesn’t matter why it happened. Just shut-up and fix it. Unskilled leaders expand problems. Unfocused leaders make matters worse by doing too much. What you don’t do, is the… Continue reading
It takes a miracle to re-ignite a fire once you’ve hosed it down. Skillful leaders use words to energize and release. Foolish leaders rein in and control. Everyone has a fire inside. Leadership’s role is throwing… Continue reading
