5 Words You Should Say Every Day
Your leadership impact comes in the context of the mundane. How you show up moment by moment adds up. Your team is paying close attention to the words you say every day. Every day little words inspire connection more than any grand speech you could deliver. It’s...
5 Ways To Benefit From A Disengaged Boss
Ideally your boss is interested, eager to remove roadblocks, asking provocative questions, and helping build your career. That’s the leader I wish for you, and want you to be. But, with 71% of workers disengaged, chances are one day or another you’ll work...How To Be A Great Follower
How to Build a Team of Courageous Followers If your house is on fire, you want to know there’s someone calling the shots. More importantly, you pray for a team of strong, skilled, and courageous followers. My friend, a Battalion chief leading the City’s...
What Makes Leaders Different?
Leaders don’t fail because of skills. Mark Miller, author of The Heart of Leadership, explains that most leadership failures are a matter of heart. I asked Mark for his advice for leaders working to grow other leaders: How do we help aspiring leaders to develop...
Expert Advice On Values And Vision: A Frontline Festival
Delighted to offer an expert collection of thoughts on values and vision. Inspiring and practical advice. Thanks to all who shared their wonderful insights. Values Amazing stories and practical advice related to defining, articulating and living your leadership...5 Email Blunders Damaging Your Productivity and Reputation
You’re way past email blunder basics: replying to all with snarky remarks, sending the note intended for your wife to your boss or emailing when you’re angry. Your emails aren’t obviously stupid, so why aren’t they working? 5 Advanced Email...
3 Secrets To Sharing Secrets
Don’t keep secrets. Keeping secrets creates short-term advantages and long-term costs. You gain the edge, but lose the relationship. The world could use less secrets and more sharing. I wish you would share more. Annoying Secret #1: Bad News I was happy when he...
50 Shades Of Boring: When Leaders Are Bores
It all looks so sexy. Corporate jets. Dramatic moves. Microphones. When it’s a Cinderella story, it’s even better. It’s easy to romanticize leadership success. To imagine the stroke of genius, the well-timed leap of faith, sitting with the right guy...
