When you are experiencing any strong emotions, you are not at your leadership best. Your best leadership will always flow when you avoid the emotional extremes. In one of my first jobs coming out of college, the question that buzzed around the office almost every day was, “What kind of mood is the boss in today?”…
Are You Playing the Weak Hand of “If Just One Person” Leadership?
As a leader, playing the “If just one person” card is one of the weakest ways to justify a decision. It shows that you are holding a weak hand. Playing the “If just one person” card seems to be a growing trend among many organizations, and it comes from a false formula in many aspects…
How To Spot The 6 Greatest Culture-Killers Your Team Can Face
What you allow, you encourage. In leadership, this nugget of truth is especially true when it comes to the building of a healthy culture. When the leader allows fun, candor, initiative and diligence, those qualities will be encouraged to flourish. Similarly, when you allow Culture Killers like grumbling, selfishness and laziness, so too are you…
3 Important Steps You Can Take To Avoid The Copy-Cat Leadership Trap
One of the best ways to develop in your leadership is to learn from other leaders. One of the worst ways is to merely copy these great leaders. Growing leaders will read about other great leaders, will seek to discern their leadership traits, even emulate their leadership skills. Copy-cat leaders do little more than mimic…
4 Ways That Predictable Leadership Can Unleash Powerful Performance
To unleash the full potential of your team, don’t underestimate the power of simple predictability in your leadership. This is not to say that boring routine is the answer. Nor is it to dismiss the role of a dynamic personality. But teams simply thrive under the kind of leadership that is rock solid, and dependable.…
