There was a famous novel written in 1985 that became an Academy award winning movie in 1988. (The Academy was won in 1989, but who is that picky?) It was …
Distance and Leadership
There is an old joke that is not all that kind to girls. And it goes like this: “She was so homely looking that the only thing that improved her looks was …
Talkative Leadership
This past Sunday I stood up in front of a large group of people and talked. And talked, and talked, and talked. I ended up talking for 10 minutes. …
The NFL: Major Leadership Fail
I was on Facebook the other day and I saw this post-“Wanted: an obedience school that trains puppies AND sweet little 2 year old girls.” Of course, I couldn’t …
Signs That A Leader Is Failing
I was told by a manager one time, “If you aren’t failing, you aren’t trying.” And I am sure that there are many situations in which that statement is true. …
Leadership is . . . Saying you’re sorry
Back in the 1970s there was a very popular little one panel comic that depicted a little male and female cherub-like creatures. It had “Love is . . .” written …
Shared Leadership
It seems to me that the very meaning of leadership is someone that leads. So how could it be possible to share leadership? I am thinking shared leadership is “one …
Leaders of the Past – Better than Today?
Sitting at lunch yesterday with one our most prolific authors on LeadershipVoices.com and with a new author who is going to be providing some interesting content in the coming days, …
Authority and Leadership
Imposing your authority does not make you a leader. I was recently engaged in a conversation with another leader here at Leadership Voices about the differences between authority and leadership. …
Is it really leadership if I don’t know I am doing it?
Is it really leading if I don’t know it is happening? That is the question that I have begun pondering in the last few days. For those of you that …