It’s no doubt that the Boston Red Sox have been one of the most successful professional baseball teams in Major League Baseball. Since 2004 the Red Sox have been managed by Terry Francona, who has proven himself an exceptional team manager and leader. Like in any sport, baseball teams don’t become successful overnight. It takes
With U.S. soccer fresh on our minds from the Confederations Cup I wanted to bring to light the leadership situation that major leader soccer team L.A. Galaxy is currently dealing with, and has been dealing with for some time. Some preliminary information: 2005: Landon Donovan arrives (serves as captain) 2007: David Beckham arrives (takes over
When I was visiting Law School’s this past fall during the midst of the economic meltdown, I saw how two Law School Dean’s reacted to their potential new law students firing questions at them. Both of the Dean’s leadership skills were evident from just 5 minutes of Q and A. These short 5 minutes showed
When it comes to goal achievement, we as leaders (and individuals), for the most part, have got it all wrong. What follows applies to you from a coaching and mentoring perspective, and will help you create more leadership influence (as well as provide you with great messages in your leadership communication). As leaders, we help teams,
This time of year thousands of speeches are given at high school and college commencement exercises. I am especially aware of this since tomorrow, I will be giving one at A.T. Still University. Because of the occasion at least one of the components of all of these speeches will be to inspire the assembled graduates
Should you focus on Twitter? Well what about Facebook? What in the world is micro blogging? AH! How are leaders supposed to get involved in these new social phenomenons to build customer relationships and their business when it seems so complicated? The key for leaders to crack social media is Strategy. You need to use
I recently wrote an article titled “The Unexpected Perils of Balance“. A few days later a colleague, student and longtime reader emailed me a metaphor for balance. Let me quote Ann Marie Turner of Austin Texas directly: There was a kid in my third grade class – probably one in yours, too – who liked
Around the world today there will be plenty of people sitting in some sort of supervisor training workshop. And while those sessions will be well designed and led by skilled and well meaning trainers and facilitators, the vast majority of these sessions will leave out skills that will be critical to both the supervisor’s and
Several days while passing through the Denver airport (with at least two books in my bag), I stopped in a bookstore to browse. I left with two books, including, How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein. Because I like American history (thanks to my Grandma)Â and geography (thanks to my Dad), I was sure
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