


3 Easy and Practical Team Building Activities
It’s been a rather heavy week on Let’s Grow Leaders, talking about Courage, Fear, Transparency, and Chaos. So I am going to end the week on a lighter note. I had my team in town this week, working on business strategy and plans. We also made time the day...4 Ways To Ensure Your Successor's Success
The same mentor that jokingly told me, “always follow an idiot” also smiled and said, “and always leave an idiot as your successor.” I’ve seen it go both ways. It’s painful to watch your team’s hard work unravel. For the last...
Who’s Really Writing Your Performance Appraisal?
The best leaders I know have one song stuck in their head as they enter performance appraisal season. “I can’t get no satisfaction? Nope “You can’t always get what you want?” I sure hope not. I see them humming, that old Christmas...
Development Deluge: Are You Working Too Hard?
Bob (not his real name) pulled me aside after the meeting. Another subscriber told me, “I’m going to have to stop reading your blog, it’s getting too expensive” “Huh?… ummm… the blog is completely free,” I reminded her....