-Fortune 500 Oil and Gas Executive
“Dave, my goal is to do your job someday.” Debbie confidently stated.
My response was one word: “Why?”
Too many people look at moving into leadership and moving up the chain of command as the definition of success at work. I wanted to be clear to Debbie that climbing the career ladder for climbing sake is not success!
The first team I led had two women, two African American’s and someone of Asian descent. The other 5 were white males. Our team picture could have been used as an HR poster for diversity!
I hired most of them because I felt they were of high character and high potential. Diversity was not part of my decision making process, even though it may have looked like it. Unfortunately, looks can be deceiving. That team was not REALLY diverse. That team was not very good either. Continue Reading…
It stung! No doubt about it. A few months after Bob left the company, I found out he had pulled the wool over my eyes. I got burned by someone I had trusted.
He faked his work activity reports. He forged signatures of clients. There were even rumors of him talking to me on the phone during work hours as he lay in bed with one of his colleagues. Continue Reading…
Dave Anderson interviews best selling author Jeb Blount. Topic: Why Do People Follow You? (30 minutes)
Jeb Blount is the CEO of Sales Gravy (www.salesgravy.com) and the best selling author of People Follow You along with 6 other best sellers.
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It happens everywhere, and we are all vulnerable. In business, in the military, in non-profits and in churches good leaders succumb to a temptation. Every leader is vulnerable including me and you.
I am talking about moral decisions. Decisions that ruin our credibility, our reputations and our moral authority. The public is shocked. Our friends are surprised. And our family may be devastated. Continue Reading…
My headache began as soon as she started to speak. She and her counterpart were having issues - AGAIN! The crazy thing was both these people were talented and were great individual contributors.
But when I put them together, it was like oil and water. On this day, I had had it. I wanted the middle school style of drama to end and professionalism to reign. It was time for me to step in and end the insanity. Continue Reading…
The softer side of leadership is in vogue these days. Those softer leadership skills are critical to a leader’s long-term success. A leader who doesn’t care about his team will one day turn around and find no one following him.
However, problems arise when leaders allow these principles to prevent them from making the hard decisions a leader must make. Continue Reading…
He called it playing the Devil’s Advocate. We just called him the Devil. We were getting nowhere - as usual. Every time a new idea was brought up, the Devil poked holes in it.
As soon as he began to speak, you could see the joy and enthusiasm get sucked out of the room. Everyone would look at the floor and listen quietly realizing a new idea was about to bite the dust. Continue Reading…
Leadership and sports analogies go together like peanut butter and jelly. There are so many bad examples of leadership on display in politics and business, that sports is often the best place to go.
However, when you read the title of this entry, you may now be thinking of sports stars who seem to crave the spotlight. They are the ones who enjoy speaking about themselves and their accomplishments. This entry is not about one of those stars. Continue Reading…
Dave Anderson interviews author and Navy SEAL Jeff Boss Show #2 - Topic: Why Everyone On Your Team Needs to Be a Leader (30 minutes)
Jeff Boss owns www.adaptabilitycoach.com. He is a decorated combat veteran (4 Bronze Stars for Valor and 2 Purple Hearts). He coaches leaders, companies and writes for INC and Entrepreneur.
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