I wish I could claim the title of this post as my original thought, but I can’t.  It belongs to Barbara Hemphill, speaker, author, and among other things, developer of the Taming the Paper Tiger series of products.  I read this line a couple of days ago and it struck me (perhaps because I have

Personal development. Professional development. Leadership development. Regardless of which words you use, chances are as the New Year begins, you are thinking about some sort of development; some sort of approach to creating change, growth and advancement in your life. As you think about our world today, the good news is that you have lots

Want to read the smartest leadership thinkers all in one place? That is the goal of the Leadership Development Carnival.  The current issue is dubbed “the best of 2009.”  Each author, including me, pick their own posts. The Carnival is avaiable now, and I would urge you to take a look right now!

New Year’s Day is the day many people – 40-45% of Americans according to the last research I read – set New Year’s Resolutions.  While some people do succeed with Resolutions, too many people don’t – which frustrates them and sets up a cynical view of goal setting overall. (Even though, as you will see

A couple of days I wrote a post about project leadership lessons from a jigsaw puzzle.  Last night I finished it  (aren’t those tractors beautiful?) The lessons from the earlier post are valuable.  Here are a couple of other additional thoughts. Energy of the “team”  (Kelsey, especially) grew as I got closer to the end. 

This time of year there are all types of lists. Please note: I’m not saying these are the five best leadership books of 2009. Rather these are five great books for leaders. They aren’t necessarily “leadership books.” However, they all are books leaders will benefit from and be able to use in a variety of