Three Characteristics of Visible Leaders
If you are my leader, please don’t just tell me — show up and show me! I am a passionate person and I am drawn to leaders who can express …
Leading Meetings That People Enjoy
Think back to the last business meeting you had. Was it fun? I know you just laughed a little. Would you describe that meeting as a highlight of your week? …
7 Must-Have Characteristics to Achieve Leadership Presence
I’ll never forget my dad trying to help me with my first church job. I was still a kid, green out of college, and didn’t have a clue about Leadership …
Expecting, Inspecting, and Respecting
Here is my twist on an oft quoted business or management adage. “It is not expecting, but inspecting while respecting.” I first heard it from Dr. Elmer Towns nearly 25 …
Free Advice
I have been speaking to a lot of “young” (really they are just new bloggers) lately. Each of them is addressing the gap that exists between the amount of good, …
Play Your Loser Card
It would be a mistake to assume that you will only get great leadership insights from folks who are much older than you. Sometimes they come from your peers. And …
Thinkers are Revolutionary Leaders
Tomorrow is not “The Fourth of July.” That is a date on a calendar. It is not the name of the National Holiday that we celebrate tomorrow. The name of …
Butler to the Great
His name was Eduardo. He told me to call him “Eddie”. He was from the Philippines but he left after Ferdinand Marcos was deposed in February of 1986. I met Eddie …
You can lead a horse . . .
You can lead a horse to water . . . How many times have you heard that statement? It is an old bit of country wisdom. You can bring your …
What Sharpens Iron?
What sharpens iron? Every leadership “junkie” has probably been exposed to the Biblical passage from Proverbs that gives us the answer to that very question. It is iron that sharpens iron. …