I’m betting you know someone where you work that judges everything that happens that’s not a positive thing as a crisis. They run around acting as if the world is ending unless the offending malady is taken care of. It could be as tragic as the building burning around you or as miniscule as someone […]
Leadership is the skill of knowing how to let people find their own way to greatness but being there to help them when they need it. I can’t remember where I heard that but it’s been on my mind lately as I’ve been going through the process of helping my family get things done for […]
You know, I haven’t always made the best decisions as a manager, at least not initially. Read this story I have to share with you. Back in 1988, I was working for a physician billing company. The company was going down; that’s an understatement. What was happening is the company top brass thought the business […]
Overall I’m a big kid at heart. If you look at the image I’m showing here you’ll see a corner of my room that’s consumed with a host of stuffed animals and other items. I didn’t buy a single one of these; all have been accumulated over the years as gifts from others, including the […]
Back in January I asked a question: Do Leaders Understand Their Influence? I asked that question because I’ve been talking a lot about this concept of influence in other places and, at least in my mind, influence and leadership go hand in hand. The strange thing about it all is that it seems many people […]
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