This week’s Resource Recommendation is Your Best Just Got Better: Work Smarter, Think Bigger, Make More by Jason W. Womack. Who wouldn’t want their best to get better? I suppose if they wouldn’t, they wouldn’t pick up this book (or likely be reading these words). If you are a person who wants to achieve more, have
I started writing 5-day-a-week emails called Powerquotes in the 1990’s, featuring a quotation and questions to ponder. Later, I added Action Steps, calling the service Powerquotes Plus. Then, I moved the format to this blog, doing it once a week and adding my thoughts. All of this is preamble to the fact that I have
Perhaps you’ve heard of Jeremy Lin and “Linsanity”, or perhaps you don’t follow sports at all. Â In case you haven’t or don’t, let me give you some background. Jeremy Lin is a 6’3″ basketball player. Â He went 32-1 as a high school senior and helped his team win a California State Championship, and even though
It happens all over the world, every day. Josie is a great performer. She is very good at her technical expertise, and for that she is rewarded with a promotion. Her supervisor calls her into her office and gives her the good news. Congratulations Josie, you are now the supervisor! Excited, perhaps surprised, and maybe
This week’s Resource Recommendation is The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley. Read the newspapers and magazines of the past and you would read of experts touting large scale famine and unconquerable problems of all sorts. Read your favorite news source or watch the TV news today and you will find the same
Yesterday, I was thinking about observation and judgement, and how it relates to effective communication and coaching. Â It reminded me of a particular incident that took place a few years back – an incident I had previously written about on the blog for my book Remarkable Leadership. We were driving somewhere as a family and,
Caught up in the spirit of Valentine’s Day, that day we celebrate romantic love, I began thinking again about the connection between the words love and leadership. Before you even read about these five love affairs, you might be put off by using the word love in the context of your work. Don’t be. Am I just
A year ago, we released From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership. In the last year, thousands of copies have been sold. Individuals have purchased copies because they wanted to succeed in their transition to a new leadership role or continue their leadership growth. Copies have been purchased by leaders
The question posed in the title of this post is answered, at least by one person, in today’s quotation. I’ll have more to say below. “Example has more followers than reason.” – Christian Nevell Bovee, 19th century author Questions to Ponder Do I agree with the quotation? What would I like to influence others about?
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