What a Near Perfect Team Taught Me
I recently had the privilege of leading an expedition with six amazing men, and I've been racking my brain trying to process the learnings. With most teams - new or...
Risk < Resourceful + Resilient
The three R's when it comes to leadership - Risk-taking, Resourcefulness and Resiliency. RISK - Many of the top leaders I meet want their managers to take risks. When I ask,...
The Blood Sweat and Tears of Leadership
I am appearing on Dr. Linda Sharkey's radio show tomorrow, and I think she pulled the title above from this documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9Q29XAg18 Linda is an HR Executive and Business Strategist with...
Four leaders – five lessons – one thread
In the past few weeks I spoke to four highly regarded executives. We didn't talk about their achievements, because their learning, growth and development from setbacks and struggles were far...
The one thing horses can teach you about leadership…
I recently had the opportunity to see Jean-Jacques Joris in action, and spoke to him about his work with mindfulness, psychotherapy, life-coaching, and leadership training... with horses. A native of Geneva,...
Is Leadership an illusion of Control?
Leaders are comfortable with being uncomfortable; because they know every life event thrown their way can be a tremendous learning experience. Leadership can be an illusion of control, but changing...
Are We Asking Too Much from Our Leaders?
Or… are we asking too little from each other? We spend enormous energy dealing with internal communication issues (i.e., team dysfunction) that keep us from realizing our full potential. Our...
What do you think of you as a leader?
Self Reliant Leadership CrucibleTM: Expedition Designed by Leaders for Leaders Self Reliant Leadership is a philosophy about embracing adversity, strengthening the leader/teacher role, and hearing the unheard. It's about knowing...
Three Things You’ll Hear from a Highly Functional Team
A good friend and business partner of mine asked me to listen to Steve Chandler's The Owner/Victim Choice. My favorite quote from Steve is, "If there's a problem, I'm the...
Where Organizational Meets Individual Wants
As a CEO, I wanted everyone who came to me with challenges, opportunities and problems to say this: Here are the undisputed facts of said challenge/opportunity/problem. Here are at least two possible...
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