Leaders desire what they don’t have and reach for what they haven’t reached. Unfulfilled passions frustrate. Drive encounters barriers. Barriers block the future and frustrate the present. 7 Barriers of Leadership: Failure to… Continue reading
Short-sighted leaders are stingy with positives and free with negatives. Their talk is constantly dark. They focus on: What’s not working. What you need to improve. What didn’t reach the mark. What could… Continue reading
Leaders go beyond safe improvements to risky innovations. Leadership is dangerous. Management is about safety. I’m not degrading management at the expense of leadership. Managers lead and leaders manage. The ability to distinguish… Continue reading
Santa Claus asks, “What do you want?” Leaders get further when they know what the people around them want and do their best to give it. Generosity assumes you know what others want.… Continue reading
Orderly leadership meetings are pathetic and useless. Head-nodding sessions are exercises in futility that waste resources, talent, and time. Cancel them and do something productive. The spirit of agreement permeates pointless leadership meetings.… Continue reading
The easiest, short-term leadership strategy is avoiding people. Just hide in your office doing paperwork. Connecting with people is messy. Hidden baggage bubbles just under the skin. Emotions erupt. Priorities shift. Personal lives… Continue reading
