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…
The Danger in “If Just One Person” Leadership
Playing the “If just one person” card is one of the weakest ways for leaders to justify a decision. It shows that the leader is 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 of…
3 Ways To Avoid The Leadership Chaos In The Emotional Extremes
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?”…
4 Clear Ways to Avoid Decision Disasters
If you want to avoid a decision disaster, you need to be clear about who is holding the key. As a leadership mentor told me years ago, “If you’re not clear who is supposed to be holding the decision key, things will get very fuzzy, very fast.” Several years ago the organization I was with had…
How to Make a Big Impact by Living Small
In a culture that tells leaders to “dream big”, it’s important to remember that your greatest impact often comes when you “live small”. Living small means having a cadence to your leadership that allows you to respond to opportunities to make a difference in someone’s life. It’s leadership from the heart, and it usually involves impact…
