This week’s Resource Recommendation: Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek Since I already believe in the title’s statement (and say it all the time), I had two thoughts before I even opened this book: I wish I had thought of the title first. I hope the book
Have you ever screwed up in a personal relationship? Have you ever said the wrong thing, missed a deadline or otherwise disappointed someone? When that happened, if you cared about the relationship, what did you do? Your answers may vary, but I’m confident you were most successful when you apologized, and when you showed your
As is often the case, a confluence of factors lead to a blog post, and this is no exception. Yesterday in Las Vegas as I facilitated a public session of our Leadership Training Camp (learn more and see future sites here), a group of 25 leaders and I talked about the connection between innovation and
This week’s Resource Recommendation – Switch – How to Change Things When Change is Hard By Chip Heath and Dan Heath This book’s front cover proclaims an important marketing message, “the bestselling authors of Made to Stick“. (I’m guessing you have at least heard of Made to Stick and perhaps read it. If not, I
It is hard to escape this fact – leaders are readers. Well, let me clarify – the best leaders are readers. I was recently pointed to a blog post outlining the favorite books of ten famous leaders. This list is interesting for both the variety of leaders and types of books on the list. It reminds there is
I had the pleasuree of speaking to the Cincinnati Chapter of the OD Network on Tuesday night. One of the smart, passionate people I met there was LaTasha Brown (@Oshkoshtash), a doctoral student. After she followed me on Twitter, I checked out her blog. I’m glad I did, because I found this gem of a post
This week’s Resource Recommendation – Linchpin – Are You Indispensable? By Seth Godin. Seth Godin has written a ton of good books. Many have been about marketing related topics, more recently he has written on personal and professional development. This book extends some of his previous work in some ways, yet I find it hard
DATE: April 12, 2010 FROM: Your Leader RE: Organizational Realities As your leader I’ve been noticing some things for quite awhile, and, after careful consideration, I want to share some of my observations with you. I’m proud of how connected people feel to their teams here. I’m impressed with your pride and loyalty to your
I’ll make this quick. Because I know you are busy. Most every leader I’ve ever talked to is …busy. Full plate. Too much going on. Doing the balancing act. Juggling too many balls.  Trying to keep all the plates spinning. Pick your metaphor of choice. Now let me expand your vocabulary (perhaps) and challenge you (most
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