Isn’t it funny how obvious and oblivious are so close? — Author unknown My work with leaders sometimes involves inviting the leader’s direct reports to purposely kick him or her in the emotional keister. One of the most effective ways of doing this is having the...
In the same way people without children can’t really know what it’s like to have kids until they do, you can’t really know what it’s like to be a leader until you actually lead. Even in organizations that invest in leadership development struggle with helping new...
Sometimes just making small language shifts can have a huge impact on how people define themselves and their roles. This is why you should consider your words. The owner of a $5 billion construction company wanted his division heads to do less managing and more...
Last week, Bill Treasurer gave a keynote address to 300 employees of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He spoke about the importance of leaders as opportunity creators based on concepts from his bestselling book, Leaders Open Doors. Some highlights...
Henry David Thoreau, who after spending a year and a half in quiet solitude at Walden Pond certainly earned the right to expound on silence, talks about the necessity to shake off the village as a means of connecting to your inner wisdom. Thoreau also underscored the...
You hear a lot about the importance of metrics in organizations. When it comes to behavior and performance, as the saying goes, you get what you measure. It’s also said that you can’t manage what you can’t measure. While it is important for leaders to make...
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