In the next couple of days you will see people of all ages dressed in costumes. Perhaps you will even don one yourself. Whether you are staying home and handing out the goodies, or hosting or going to a Halloween party, I have a leadership challenge and opportunity for you. This challenge can be accepted
This weeks Resource Recommendation is The Leader’s Guide to Radical Management:Reinventing the Workplace for the 21st Centuryby Stephen Denning. Radical Management, though not succinctly defined by the author, is an approach to leadership and management that leads to greater job satisfaction, higher productivity, client delight and continuous innovation. While the book talks about how seven
In the United States Halloween has become one of the most popular holidays of the year, with total spending expected once again to be in the billions of dollars this year. Along with the candy, pumpkin and decorations, costumes are a key component of Halloween celebrations. This is the one time of year when people
In early 2011 my next book, co-authored with Guy Harris, will be published. Called From Bud to Boss – Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership, the book focuses on the transition to a new leadership role after being a peer, and perhaps friends with those you now lead. It focuses on the transition
Being an effective coach is a leadership skill – as you coach successfully you help create the future you are leading people towards. However, being an effective coach is more than leadership – it is an important life skill as well. We all can be more effective at coaching in our communities, in our families, with
In the more than three decades I have worked with leaders at all levels from around the world, I have always urged them to become collectors of questions. This is an important idea, one that few coaches and leaders think about. If you want to ask great questions (and there are probably 20 reasons we
In a Bud to Boss Workshop earlier this week, a question was asked that I had some trouble answering at first, and because of that I have been continuing to think about it. Without exposing any confidences from the group or providing too much detail, the crux of the question was something like this: Are
Most organizations I know are always looking for ways to develop their leaders. Many approaches are taken. They buy books (like Remarkable Leadership). They look for innovative approaches (like the Remarkable Leadership Learning System). They send people to external training workshops (like Bud to Boss or Leadership Training Camp). They develop internal training programs. Or,
We all grow up with stories. Stories of our family, stories from our friends and stories we read. There are stories we hear at school, at work, on television and in the movies. Stories are everywhere! And while you’ve been around stories your whole life, you also likely realize that stories have been around forever.
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