Leadership requires love. For many people the word love is over-romanticized. Love is actually a decision, a commitment, a passion. In marriage and in every aspect of life, love is not something that we fall into but rather is a decision that we...
Read moreA Work In Progress
At the end of a year or the beginning of the next, organizations develop plans and goals for the coming year. They define or refine their strategy, assess and adjust their priorities, and update their goals. As leaders we should do the same for...
Read moreThree Tools for Personal Growth
Are you living life or does it feel like life is living you? There are three important tools that help a leader, or anyone for that matter, take control of the direction of their lives. These are a life purpose statement, a list of core values...
Read moreSix Steps In Effective Communication
I speak and write often on communication skills and the importance of communication driven by the perspective of the listener. I recently fell into the trap of which I warn others. I had prepared a document intended for my coaching clients...
Read moreStrategic Segmentation
Most people are familiar with the concept of market segmentation, dividing the market for a company or product into various buckets that can then be further analyzed and understood. In consumer products the market is often segmented based on...
Read moreAn Attitude of Gratitude
We have all seen the scenario – as some people grow in power and prestige they exhibit more and more of a sense of entitlement. They think that they deserve to be treated special. They should get whatever they want as soon as they ask for...
Read moreFive Perceptions of Strategy Development
Plan, path, pattern, position, or perspective – which is your perception of the development of business strategy? Depending upon the way that your organization develops and utilizes your strategy, you may have a different perception of how...
Read moreLeadership – Unsafe at Any Speed?
I often write and speak about the necessity of leadership being built upon the combination of character and competency. Character is clearly the foundation of leadership. My definition of leadership is influence. People only accept the influence...
Read moreLeadership Is First Character
Much of what is described as leadership development these days is the teaching of skills – communicate better, coach people better, motivate better, provide feedback better, etc. Sometimes what is billed as a leadership program is simply teaching...
Read moreLeaders and Those That Lead
There are leaders and then there are those that lead. We hear the term “leader” in many places – political leaders, community leaders, church leaders, military leaders, sports leaders, etc. These “leaders” are elected, appointed, or anointed to...
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