Twitter, if you don’t know, is a micro-blogging or instant updating social media tool, that is growing at expontential rates (even before Oprah joined the party). I’ve been on Twitter user for over a year and now have over 4100 followers, which probably puts me in the top couple percent of all users. But it
Members of our Remarkable Leadership Learning System were treated to a great Guest Conversation call this week. My guest was Bruce Tulgan, the author of many books, including his newest Not Everyone Gets a Trophy: How to Manage Generation Y. Because our members are focused on being more effective at giving feedback, (Bruce also wrote a
Chuck Noll, coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers for many years and winner of 4 Super Bowls, said, “The mercenaries will always beat the draftees, but the volunteers will crush them both.” Who are you leading? This quotation comes from a military perspective, and I’m sure Coach Noll translated it to football. I’m sure it isn’t
One of the competencies in my book Remarkable Leadership is Influencing with Impact. In order to be a highly effective leader we must be able to successfully influence and persuade others. While we all know how powerful our actions are in influencing others, we cannot lose sight of how powerful our words are as well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have had several recent conversations that raised questions about 360 Assessments. Really, more than questions, these were concerns people had or have heard about the use of, and implementation of leadership assessments. While you may not share these concerns, they are real to the people who have them. In some cases these concerns are
On 60 Minutes last Sunday, President Obama visited with Steve Kroft for two segments (part 1, part 2). Throughout he talked about the start of his Presidency, the challenges he is facing and much more. One small comment about one of his habits is an important lesson for all of us as leaders. He said
We live in a busy filled-to-the-brim world. This is true for everyone, but especially for leaders. There are more distractions, diversions and noise in our world than ever before in history. And while everyone has 24/7 news, email, texts, social networks and a hundred other sources of information and noise, leaders probably have more. .
In a workshop I was leading last week someone asked, “What is the difference between conversation and feedback?” I love this question – and I believe the answer is important for us as leaders in our coaching and mentoring role. Acting on the best answer to this question is critical to our ongoing leadership development
Last week in my Powerquotes Plus email, I shared a snippet from James Clavell’s novel Shogun. “To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts,however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline –
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