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Leadership check-ins @ 400 words or less—so you can keep moving forward
Are You Who You Want to Be: You Can Know Your True Identity
Over-relying on your default approach makes you a 1-trick leadership pony. You can’t be effective, no matter how capable, intelligent, extraverted, correct or successful you are.
Lead AND Manage: Stop Being a 1-Trick Leadership Pony
Over-relying on your default approach makes you a 1-trick leadership pony. You can’t be effective, no matter how capable, intelligent, extraverted, correct or successful you are.
Being Productive May Be Making You Ineffective
I agree that stuff needs to get done. But in a marketplace that virtually idolizes productivity, it’s easy to become a hamster in a wheel. There’s a better way.
Leverage Your Assets, Love Your People
Your employees are NOT your greatest asset, because they aren’t assets. They’re people.
We Are Not What We Do
A popular quote says, “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.” I beg to differ.
What Commuting Taught Me About Leadership – Stay Humble
The only way we can GET better is to believe that we CAN get better—which requires humility.
What Commuting Taught Me About Leadership – Losing Your Cool Can Be Deadly
The day before my final commute I got a sobering reminder that letting emotions drive you almost never works in your favor.
What Commuting Taught Me About Leadership – You See What You Look For
If you’re leading others, it’s vital that you see the obvious things other people can’t—or won’t.
It’s All About the Heart
Using speed to measure performance is helpful, but measuring speed alone can be misleading. One recent bike ride (re)taught me an important lesson.
Lucky on Leadership
What leadership principles will you rely on when everything is blowing up and the bullets are flying? It helps to talk to someone who has been there before. Allow me to introduce you to John “Lucky” Luckadoo.
Living in a House Divided
The January 6th riot at the Capital Building is unmistakable proof of a problem—one that few of us may be willing to acknowledge.
What Commuting Taught Me About Leadership – You Hit What You Aim For
If you don’t have a clear picture of what kind of leader you want to be, is it really a surprise that you’re not as effective as you could be?
What Commuting Taught Me About Leadership – Watch Out For People Advancing Their Own Position
When it comes to your leadership, do you really want to be known as the aggressive driver trying to get ahead of everyone else?
What Commuting Taught Me About Leadership – Stay Visible
You can’t lead effectively if people don’t know you’re there. So how do you increase your visibility?
What Commuting Taught Me About Leadership – Following Is a Part of Driving
To commute safely you need to know how to follow well. Turns out the same is true for leadership.