In leadership, there’s nothing quite like proven, reliable experience. That is, unless all that experience slides into nothing more than mere tired staleness. But effective leaders have a curious, and vital way to keep their leadership fresh and positive. It’s a counter-intuitive, almost contradictory perspective that prevents reliable experience from turning into simply tired and obsolete. It’s…
4 Freakish Ways You Can Stop Being a Control Freak
If you can’t resist the urge to control every detail of every plan, you will be the single greatest lid on your team’s potential. Leaders who feel the need to personally involve themselves in the minutia of the team’s operation rarely call themselves a “control freak”, but without realizing it, their need to control is impeding…
How To Be a Tough Leader Without Being a Jerk
You can be a tough leader without being a jerk. All too often, being a tough leader is confused with simply being a jerk. But if you want to see your leadership impact grow, you need to know how to be tough without the “jerk factor”. Somewhere along the line, what it means to truly…
How To Correct The Biggest Myth in Leadership
Teams don’t make decisions. The idea that there is such thing as a “team decision” is one of the biggest myths in leadership. And correcting that myth could represent a significant leadership breakthrough. Teams don’t make decisions. Individuals make decisions. Every decision must have someone’s name written next to it. Someone must own the outcome. Someone…
How To Use a Tuning Fork to Drive Clarity
As a leader do you ever walk around with a tuning fork in your hand? You might not carry the actual instrument with you, but I’ve learned that watching for “tuning fork moments” can be a crucial leadership tool. I learned this in conversation with a teammate who didn’t seem to understand the direction our…