I’m not talking about a lullaby. I’m talking about our productivity! This video speaks directly to all of us as leaders, I’m trying to wake you from your slumber and get you to think about what you don’t think about. It is those unconscious things – the habits, the processes the things we’ve-always-done-that-way that I’m
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
I’ve spent a little time recently remembering Walter Cronkite. I was just a kid when he dominated nightly news, but I’ve always felt like Mr. Cronkite was someone with whom I would really like to have dinner. Every report I’ve read, every broadcast I’ve seen and every montage piece produced since his death has included some version
Since this month in the Remarkable Leadership Learning System we are talking about Innovation and Creativity and the Sears Tower just changed names; it seems only fitting that I write about Richard Sears the founder of Sears & Roebuck. Richard Sears is considered an innovative genius by historians studying the period of the Industrial Revolution.
 Leadership is defined as an act or instance of leading; guidance; or direction. This is such a vague statement; where to begin? If you want to be a good leader and practice good, effective leadership development and leadership skills, what should you focus on? I am going to give you my basic 3 components of
This is the ninth post in our series of guest blog posts from our ten finalists in this year’s Best of Leadership Blogs competition (make your pick here)Â Bob Sutton is a researcher and Professor of Management Science at the Stanford Engineering School. The word ‘innovation’ best describes his way of exploring the connections between
This post is the eighth of our ten finalist guest posts (place your vote now). Steve is an award-winning writer and speaker on leadership, management, and career management topics, with over 30 years of experience. His skills and services have been utilized by some of the world’s largest organizations and he is also a member
This is the seventh in our series of guest posts from our ten Best of Leadership Blogs competition finalists (cast your vote here) Michael McKinney is the individual behind Leading Blog, a leadership blog run through LeadershipNow. He is constantly presenting new ideas on how to think about leadership differently. He is a firm believer
All month we have been featuring the bloggers nominated for the Best Leadership Blog of 2009. (If you haven’t yet voted, why not?) While you can learn more about each of these smart folks through their blogs, and communicate with them through comments, Twitter provides you with another level of interaction with these smart folks.
Below is a popular YouTube video, which shows a leader, taking action (even if it is a kinda goofy action), and through his passion and example, creating followers. To get the full effect, watch the full video, but at a minimum watch at least past the one minute mark. Is this guy exhibiting executive leadership
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