Leading yourself means being aware of your strengths and areas of opportunity. It means being honest with yourself about who you are and what you are capable of. Only when you have a strong sense of self-awareness can you begin to lead others authentically and effectively.
Leadership is not a rank. It's an approach. Leadership is not about making people do things. It's about the ability to inspire them to do something. Being a leader today means having the knowledge, skills, competence, and understanding of engaging, motivating, and managing people.
The war on talent continues to escalate. Companies are starting to thaw their budgets and have increased their sales and marketing spend. It won’t be too much longer before their job requisitions spend increases too. Right now companies all across … Read more
Do you have a memory of a time when you opened a present that you couldn’t believe you were getting? I have had that feeling on many occasions but in particular when I received the Nintendo NES. It was the … Read more
General George S. Patton said “The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.” And, nearly fifty years prior, in his literary essay As a … Read more
Society as a whole struggle with the definition of leadership. The misconception of what a leader is combined with the vast amount of poor examples of leadership is the root cause of the confusion. Leaders are not defined by the … Read more
Being a great boss isn’t easy. The designation of a great boss is entirely dependent on an individual’s feelings which can change based on how they feel any given situation ends. Bosses will say more than their fair share of … Read more
A successful leader needs to have a vision of a better tomorrow. They need to be able to articulate that vision and inspire others to come on the journey. What happens after the vision is set and they have inspired … Read more
Leadership is setting the tone. It is all about modeling the behavior. To be a leader is to do the very things you ask of others. It would be an ugly world if no one stepped up, if no one … Read more
Comcast is in the midst of a customer service epidemic. It seems every week there is a new customer service horror story involving Comcast in the news. Most companies get it wrong when it comes to delivering exceptional customer service. … Read more
Leadership is an influence, and as a leader, your impact wields high power. Some leaders fail to realize just how powerful their influence is or how to use that power to help others. Lending your influence encourages people to see … Read more
Is there a correlation between how a leader leads and how they hang their toilet paper? If there is a right way to hang toilet paper or when it comes to leading from the front or behind this article isn’t setting out to … Read more
Leaders are not leaders because of their title, salary, or accomplishments. They are leaders because they bring out the hidden greatness in others. The world is full of incompetent leaders, and people who don’t want or can’t lead are often … Read more
Do you wait for questions, answers, problems to explode or do you communicate actively? If you are waiting you will end up always putting out fires. Non-management team members usually take a passive approach to communication, trusting that their leaders and peers … Read more