Full Potential Leadership: Convincing Them to Bet on You
Are you truly building your full potential? The choices you make now, will impact what jobs are available down the road. Moving up too quickly in one functional area may limit the diversity of skills you learn, and turn you into a specialist with limited future...
Got Results? How to Succeed in Your Next Developmental Assignment
If you are a strong leader, with a proven track record of results and looking to advance, chances are you are going to be asked to take on a job you know nothing about. On paper, you will be completely unqualified. Welcome to the world of succession planning...
The Great Leadership Development and Succession Planning Kit:A Book Review
I imagine most of you are familiar with Dan McCarthy and his insightful blog, Great Leadership. I also know that many of you are also bloggers, who, like me, have aspirations of “some day” turning your posts into a brilliant and useful book. Dan has done...
Growing Leaders Salute:Interview with Dan McCarthy
As my regular readers know, on Saturdays I do a “Salutation,” about something warm and positive going on in the world. As I am meeting kindred spirits through my writing and leadership, I realized that some of the warmest stuff happening is coming from the...
A Strategic Story about Strategic Storytelling
Over the years, I have used strategic storytelling workshops to help drive key messages, build teams, and enhance communication skills. Today, I share the story of how my interest in that began, and why I frequently use it in my leadership today. The Strategic Story...
Post-Mortem of Success: Questions that Drive Sustained Results
Most great project managers know that it’s important to do a post-mortem after any major undertaking. In my experience, a post-mortem is much more likely to occur when something went terribly wrong. I have heard (and said) in the heat of frustration, “we...
Forgive and Refresh: Returning to The Leader You “Meant to Be”
Today, Rosh Hashanah, marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year. Although I am not Jewish, I am intrigued by the concepts surrounding this holiday, particularly the ritual of teshuva – a time to forgive and seek forgiveness. When making teshuva, people reflect...
Who’s Your Leadership Pit Crew? A Saturday Salutation
Who most serves as your leadership pit crew? How have they made a difference in your leadership? When is the last time you really thanked them? Support Makes A Difference Last weekend, my friend Julie and I (along with our three, 6 year olds) had an opportunity to...
