It’s become almost an industry itself – judging organizational culture and creating lists of great places to work. The most recent I’ve read is from Glassdoor, as reported in FAST Company Online this morning. The findings and lists are worth reading, but perhaps not surprisingly, I want to talk about how we as leaders can

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The world lost a great statesman, visionary, leader, and human being yesterday. The work and legacy of Nelson Mandela will be in full view of the world for the rest of history. It is only fitting that I share a quotation from this great man today, about two topics near to my heart, and I’m

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Today I am going to be a bit more in-your-face and blunt than I usually am here. Consider me as your favorite Drill Sergeant. You’ve been warned. Buckle up. Have you ever experienced a micro manager? Maybe you’ve called them something else. A control freak, a meddler, or a person who can’t let go. How

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The truth is there is probably as much training available on project management as there is on any leadership topic or skill I could ever write about here. Don’t believe me? Google it. There is plenty of training available, plenty of experience with it, plenty of knowledge available. Of course, that doesn’t guarantee that we are all

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By Jon Meacham I’m a big fan of reading biographies of successful people because success leaves clues (I’ve explained this reasoning more completely here). This book is about a very successful man – one so multifaceted and talented that at a 1962 gathering in honor of all living Nobel Prize winners, President John Kennedy said,

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It is hard to deny the connection between leadership and power. Depending on your experience and perspective, one or more likely came to mind when you read those two words together. Leaders have and can create power, and they can do it in a variety of ways. And yet power and leadership are strange bedfellows

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It’s about the middle of the pro football season, and last week the NFL lost a long-time, colorful, and beloved coach – Bum Phillips. Phillips was known for wearing his cowboy hat on the sidelines and for being very quotable. Today’s quotation may be his best – and it applies to all leaders. Read it,

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Last week, I wrote about some of the challenges that keep us from delegating important work to others – and why John Wayne was part of the problem (if you haven’t read it, I encourage you to – it created a flurry of opinions and comments worth reading as well!). Once you get past these

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I wish I had a dime for every time I have experienced this story . . . I’ve just finished giving a workshop or a keynote, and someone walks up to me with a question. It is seldom a question asked in front of the group, but rather separately on the side, alone. “I’ve got

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