In the issue of Success.bz PowerWord email that came today was the following: Indomitable (in-DOM-ih-tuh-buhl) adj. – incapable of being subdued or overcome Example: The peasants’ INDOMITABLE joy could not be overshadowed by their gloomy surroundings. As leaders I believe we must have an indomitable spirit.  This spirit isn’t talked about in supervisor training, or leadership

Helen Keller gave in one sentence a lead call to action for both the need for leaders, and the reason why you should lead. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”   — Helen Keller Synergy comes from people working together – leadership is required to make that happen.    This is

November 19, 1863 – 145 years ago today –  the Gettysburg Address was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln.  Several years ago I wrote this: November 19, 1863 found two speakers on the program in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The main speaker was a former Massachusetts senator and current President of Harvard, Edward Everett. Everett, considered the finest

Earlier this fall I was asked to give a talk on Ethical Leadership to a student leadership conference at Purdue University.  One of the students who heard me, asked me to speak on the same topic to his student group – the Mechanical Engineering Ambassadors, which I did last evening. Part of my talk was

For years I’ve asked people, “What’s the good word today?”  My intention always was to get people thinking about something positive and if they were thinking something positive to share it with me so I could benefit too! Unfortunately far too often people can’t come up with a good word – or in many cases

When we look back on the recent election, the leadership lessons are plentiful.  In fact, I recently delivered a teleseminar entitled Leadership Lessons from Presidential Politics (go here if you want to receive the recording and manual). While I shared over 25 lessons on that call, I read of another lesson today – an important one.

I’ve been thinking about choice a lot lately – for myself and the implications it has for us as leader. Here is a case in point – what I sent to our Powerquotes subscribers earlier this week – “You can always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may

Ryan, the good looking middle-aged executive that everyone loves is in a tragic car accident, and when awakens from a brief coma, the worst has occurred.  He has amnesia!  He can’t remember any one or anything at all.  Suddenly he is beginning life new, with no clue about the people he knows or the strategies that

There are opportunities for us to learn from everyday life situations . . . everyday . . . but only if we look for them and take time to reflect on and digest them. Recently we’ve all shared a common experience, that I know we can learn much from – and learn different things than