*** “The more decisions a leader makes, the further he or she is from leading a high-performance team. … Make too many command decisions, and you’ll doom yourself and your team to mediocrity,”… Continue reading
Hate your work environment? Build rather than tear down. Whining reinforces negative environments. Celebrations build and reinforce positive environments. Celebrations create culture. Sadly, short-sighted leaders are stingy with positives and free with negatives.… Continue reading
Tell me the last time you didn’t step in to help. I know you love talking about everything you do. What you aren’t doing matters, too. Restraint represents one of leadership’s great challenges.… Continue reading
Most talk; few act. Rooms go silent when someone asks, “What’s next?” Dreaming, thinking, and talking aren’t doing. Leaders do; dreamers talk. Talking: Feels like doing even when nothing’s done. Feeds weak egos and small minds.… Continue reading
The gift of young leaders is unhappiness. The tragedy of old leaders is contentment. Unhappiness and discontent ignite passion for change. Warning: Slime pits of ingratitude lie just beyond unhappiness. Nothing de-motivates… Continue reading
I thought leading was getting people on my team. But, leading is getting on their team; grabbing their oar. But whose boat and whose oar? Whose boat: Leaders can’t help those going in… Continue reading
