You Change First
Changing an organization is hard. But change in our organizations is near impossible if we, as leaders, don’t change ourselves first. Changing ourselves is simple …
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Leadership Is Not (Really) About Getting Stuff Done
Getting angry, pushing, directing, pleading, blaming, or doing the tasks ourselves are sure signs that we have fallen into into the trap of thinking that …
Cause Their Performance To Soar
Communicating our belief in others’ ability to accomplish something–even if it’s difficult, even if they’ve never done it before–is an essential leadership talent. Such a vote of …
Bad, Good, and Great Leaders
Bad leaders try to keep things as they always have been. They mostly push and struggle. Good leaders try to enlist others to create the …
We Are The Leaders
We are the leaders. More than half of the successes and failures of our organizations are down to us as leaders. Our organizations–whether they succeed …
Choose This Way of Leading
Our goal as leaders is to have people do the best possible things at the best possible time to get the results that our clients …
They Will Show Us How Well We Are Leading
Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you’re doing it. – Benjamin Zander Conductor, Boston Philharmonic We can tell how well …
Knowing When To Lead Differently
We nimble leaders have four ways to lead. We can conduct, coach, collaborate, or convene. We select a way to match the situation: We conduct in …
No Carrots. No Sticks.
Traditional notions of management are great if you want compliance. But if you want engagement, self-direction works better. – Dan Pink Despite all we’ve learned about …
Stress Is…
Stress is the difference between the way things are and the way we think they should be. This means that we can reduce stress by either …