If you rely on your title to establish your influence, you can be in for big trouble.
The world may tell you to remove negative people from your life. But if you strive to be an authentic leader, your goal should be just the opposite.
How you have led virtually can make a big difference in how you lead in-person.
Whoever coined the phrase “fearless leader” must not have been a leader.
Leadership requires “10 out of 10” level performance day in and day out.
How do your celebrations display your organizational values?
You can’t build a great team if you don’t know who keeps coming up with all those great ideas.
The entire team suffers when the leader’s emotional and physical energy hits the “red bar.”
When you cross the line into exaggeration or hyperbole, your leadership is facing significant risks.
What you believe as a leader will ultimately determine who you become as a leader.
The idea of the “fearless leader” owes more to myth than it does to leadership reality.
Some of the worst leadership decisions take place simply because the wrong person made the decision.
Leaders solve problems. But to become more effective, you likely need to overcome the biggest problem-solving problem in leadership.
To introduce significant change, leaders must know when and how to cash in their “change chips.”
Leaders must be able to end their day, look back, and know with certainty whether or not this was a good leadership day.
If you want to see your strategic plan drive new growth, you need to weed out the ideas that just don’t belong.
Today, I want to ask you a very different leadership question: Is your soul in a better place today than it was a year ago?
Aspiring for “excellence” can lead to an inspiring environment of achievement. But it can also lead to a neurotic atmosphere of fear.
In order to maximize leadership effectiveness, there are a number of disciplines that must be mastered.
Leadership impact happens when you maximize your time, energy and focus on areas that matter the most, and minimize your time on lesser concerns.
