The Balancing Act – Self versus Collective Leadership
http://www.thoughtleadersllc.com/2012/05/the-balancing-act-self-versus-collective-leadership/
The Secret Ingredient for (Team) Happiness
"What is the nature of human happiness?" That's the seminal question Daniel Gilbert is focused on answering in the latest issue of the Harvard Business Review. I have heard managers...
Solitude… the essence of leadership?
In a speech to West Point plebes in 2009, William Deresiewicz concluded his remarks stating that solitude is the very essence of leadership. A common refrain in our country is...
The Opposite of Self-Reliant
Being dependent is the opposite of one who is self-reliant. Self-reliant doesn't necessarily mean you go it alone. On the contrary. Self-reliant means knowing which questions to ask, and having...
Hard Hogback Hike
Actually, a regular hike would have been easy, but this one involved snowshoes and heavy, thick snow. Every year when it snows heavy and I can't run or ride, I...
“Reflect a bit”
At the end of an email I received before Thanksgiving, someone wrote, "Enjoy a few days away from the action and reflect a bit!" I thought that was clever, but...
The race is not always to the swift, but to those who seek inspiration
I don't know why, but I haven't run a race in a very long time. I ran a marathon in 1991 shortly after the Gulf War started and we wore...
No View from the Top
I put Mount of the Holy Cross on my calendar a year ago, and I recently climbed it with my son and son-in-law. Mount of the Holy Cross is an...
Climbing Mountains is Never Easy and Neither is Leadership
There are 54 mountains in Colorado that measure over 14,000 feet in height. I recently climbed my sixteenth 14er, and it was the eighth one I have done by myself....
What Leaders Can Learn From Nurses
The word leader doesn't usually conjure up an image of a nurse. When I met Mary with her small stature, red hair and glasses, I wasn't thinking leader either. What I found...
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