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Do You Have Truth Decay?
Winston Churchill once pointed out that people occasionally stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. The great American author and humorist, Mark Twain,...
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Four Leadership Practices to Build a Culture of Trust and Openness
In today’s fast-paced, globally-connected business world in which we live, an organization’s successes and failures can be tweeted across the internet in a matter of seconds. A knee jerk reaction of...
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Are You Playing Fair? You better be, because your people are keeping score
Coaching a bunch of energetic 5-6 year old kids in tee-ball is really just controlled chaos. Tee-ball is normally the introduction to baseball that children experience at age 5-6, and generally...
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Got Ethics? Three Questions Every Leader Should Ask
Acting with integrity; being honest in word and deed – 57% of more than 600 attendees in a recent webinar I conducted cited this as the most influential leadership behavior that builds trust. Making...
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Defining Moments of Leadership – Will you define the moment or will the...
It’s inevitable. Through the course of your leadership journey you will be faced with defining moments. Defining moments are those situations that require you to make a tough decision or take a stand...
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Build Trust Through Professionalism – Seven Mindsets for Success
Do you consider yourself a professional? Or do you think professionalism is reserved for those occupations that require a special degree or qualification, such as a doctor, lawyer, or accountant? Being...
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Are Your People Ready to Stage an “Occupy” Protest? Four Ways to Build a...
If given the chance, would the people in your organization stage an “Occupy” protest? Do they have feelings of inequity, spawned by the perception that the top 1% in your organization receive a...
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If It’s Broken, Do You Fix It or Throw It Away?
When you have something that’s broken, do you fix it or throw it away? Many of the products we buy today, especially electronics, have become disposable commodities that are more cost-effective to...
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Managing the Malcontent – Four Leadership Tips
Malcontent Part of speech: adjective Definition: dissatisfied Synonyms: belly aching, complaining, discontented, disgruntled, unhappy, unsatisfied Managing a chronically malcontent staff member can...
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Navy SEALs, Fame and the Lure of Narcissism – A Cautionary Tale for Leaders
The publication this week of No Easy Day, a book written by former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette (using the pseudonym Mark Owen) detailing his involvement in the killing of Osama bin Laden, offers a...
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Got Ethics? The Five P’s of Ethical Power
There is but one place where people without any problems reside—the cemetery. The only people without problems are dead, otherwise, for people like me and you…we’ve got problems! The question is, do we...
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Three Questions That Could Save Your Career
The question is not if you will ever face an ethical dilemma, the question is when. Ethical dilemmas come in all shapes and sizes and you will inevitably be faced with a situation where you find...
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How NOT to Lead – Six Lessons from Breaking Bad’s Walter White
I’m a fan of the television show Breaking Bad. If you’re not familiar with it, the show chronicles the transformation of Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston) from a mild-mannered, milquetoast...
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Leadership Development Carnival – January 2014
Welcome to the January 6, 2014 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! One of the best ways to improve as a leader is to reflect upon your past experiences, catalog the lessons learned, and...
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Got Ethics? The 5 Principles of Ethical Leaders
There is only one place where people don’t have any problems—the cemetery. Dead people don’t have any problems, but for people like you and me, we’ve got problems! The question is, do we have ethics?...
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Leaders – Quit Trying to be Fair and Do This Instead
Complete the following statement: “I’m being fair because I treat everyone the ______ .” You’ve probably heard this statement many times from the leaders you’ve had in your career and you’ve likely...
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9 Habits of Trustworthy Leaders
habit [hab-it], noun — an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary Habits…we all have them, don’t we? Some are good for us and help us live healthier and...
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5 Common Leadership Behaviors That Crush The Spirits of Employees
I admit it. Sometimes when I’m under the gun at work and feeling the pressure of all my responsibilities, I can get tunnel vision about accomplishing my own goals and forget how my behavior is...
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