Posts with the ‘Leadership Development’ tag
I love my iPhone. I resisted it for a time. But now I know I can find just about anything I want at anytime of day, right on my phone. The iPhone and other smart phones feed right into my need for instant gratification. Our world allows us to find just about everything with just […]
What if I fail? There are no “If’s”! You will fail. We all fail. We all fall flat on our faces at some point. Some of us have more scars from those falls than others. I am convinced that whatever success I have achieved in this life can be traced back to the failures that […]
Many organizations are in trouble and the leaders at the top do not know it! The people at the top of a company do not have an accurate assessment of the quality of that organization’s leadership, according to The Global Leadership Forecast. They surveyed over 1,800 HR professionals and 12,423 leaders from 2,600 organizations on […]
When Human Resources took over leadership training, I didn’t immediately notice a change. In fact, I felt the leadership development department initially did a good job making the classes more specific to my job than the consultants they had hired in the past. But over time, a shift occurred. Leadership development became more about how […]
“Argue with me.” He said it, AND he meant it. As I watched this leader invite his team to tear down his idea, I was astonished, inspired and humbled. Astonished: Because I had never seen a leader so readily open to criticism from the people he led. Inspired: Because I watched his team argue passionately […]
75% of a person’s waking hours are spent on work – Getting to and from work. Thinking about work. Actually working in their job. I heard this statistic last week and started thinking about what an awesome responsibility we have as leaders. My leadership at work has huge implications for the lives of my people. […]
Many people are not prepared for leadership because their leader has not prepared them. Some leaders fail to develop the people around them because they don’t allow them to make decisions. When a leader prevents people from making decisions at lower levels, the organization is creating an environment where low potential followers flourish and future […]
My people were sick of training. In every meeting, we did some sort of sales training. The term “sharpening the saw” was being overused. I agree a dull blade is ineffective. But, poor sharpening will make the blade duller. Plus, a blade can be ground down to nothing with too much sharpening. We had reached […]
She looked me in the eyes and said, “I am not having any fun.” Sandy was obviously frustrated while trying to lead her peers. Sandy was trying to lead them through a leadership “ropes course”. I smiled at her and said, “It’s not supposed to be fun for you. You are the leader.” Sandy learned […]
On multiple occasions during my 20 year career with a Fortune 50 behemoth, I lobbied to change the job titles of the leaders in our sales force. We were all called Managers. I thought our titles should be Leader not Manager. But, no matter my title, I always believed I was leading. Now in the […]
