by Damian Gerke | Jan 24, 2019 | Attitude
As you may or may not know, road cycling is a favorite addiction, er … I mean, hobby of mine. In my book Taking the Lead: What Riding a Bike Can Teach You About Leadership, I used 30 different cycling experiences to illustrate key leadership principles. One...
by Damian Gerke | Jan 18, 2019 | Passion
In my experience, passion in leadership usually instills urgency, value and meaning into a team’s work effort. But it’s easy to equate passion and its distant cousin, emotion, to disastrous effect. They are related but very different. Borrowing from...
by Damian Gerke | Jan 9, 2019 | Behavior
I’m a sucker for movies with a personal transformation story—especially in a leadership context. Not long ago I saw one that fits the bill: Burnt, starring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller. The main character, Adam Jones, is a gifted chef whose personal life and...
by Damian Gerke | Jan 3, 2019 | Communication
Leaders often settle for control when they could have influence. Mind you, control in leadership is not a bad thing—in fact, in many situations it’s vital. But it’s only one approach. One of the most common ways that the control vs. influence question...
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