Winning Leadership Priorities
There are many priorities that leaders can choose. Profitability, efficiency, and notoriety to name a few. These priorities are fine in proper perspective, but they are not the keys to …
Change Management
The Risk of Growth
Fear. Leaders hear lots of things that produce fear. We hear about possibilities of recession, public health crisis, challenges with the labor market, budget woes, supply chain issues, and more. …
Questions Illuminate the Workplace
Questions illuminate; providing greater and deeper understanding. They shift our understanding and comprehension of meaning and intent. Questions are the means by which we draw from very different perspectives and …
New Beginnings
If you watch an artist at work, you will observe they begin with a blank canvas. Then they add their outline. Next, they move to add the first background color …
Leading with Style
Styles in clothing change and with it our wardrobe. Many people try to be fashionable and look their best. Others stay with a “classic” look, so they will not have …
Catching Criticism
Criticism is just a natural part of life. Leaders especially will draw criticism to themselves when they chart a new course or make a difficult decision. It is never fun …
Forging a New Path
People are torn between wanting to leave the past behind and holding onto it for security. We do not want to repeat the mistakes, but we love the predictability …
The Authentic Leader
Our natural human tendency is to try to fit in with everyone else. In an effort to do so, we try to look and sound like them. We try to …
The Lone Ranger Myth
There used to be a television show called “The Lone Ranger”. In this show, there was a masked man who would sweep into town and save the day. The interesting …
Eyeglass Prescription for Leadership
Whenever you get a new prescription for your glasses, you realize how things had become blurred. Because this blurring happens gradually, you often are not aware of it until you …