One of the roles of a leader is to provide the perspective that the rest of the team or organization might not see. It is easy to get caught up in the daily to-do list, the quarterly objectives and the rhythm of the calendar, and lose sight of the bigger picture, the larger goals, the
I first read Dale Carnegie’s classic How to Win Friends and Influence People 30 years ago.  While that may seem like a long time ago to you, the book was already old then – it was written in the 1930’s.  I read it again a few years later. I read it again, when was working on Remarkable Leadership. Why?
This week’s Resource Recommendation is Creating Personal Presence: Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader by Dianna Booher. You’ve met people like them. They have a certain something that makes people notice them: a quiet confidence, a charisma, a presence. Dianna Booher shows us all how to create this type of presence in her
The late great Jim Rohn, was more than just a great speaker, he was a modern day philosopher.  Here is one of my favorite quotations from him about communication.  “The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say, ‘Me, too!’ versus ‘So what?’”              – Jim Rohn, speaker and author Questions to Ponder
Earlier this week I wrote a post stating that leaders should have a closed door policy. This post has created lots of conversation – I have received a number of emails, had personal conversations and several people wrote lengthy comments on the blog post as well. I’ll admit I used the “closed door” metaphor to
Over the last couple weeks you have heard about it – the unfortunate incidents of air traffic controllers falling asleep on their overnight shifts. First, let me say this is clearly a situation no one wants to happen – not the flying public, not the FAA, and not the individual controllers. This is a safety
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