People want to follow confidence, not arrogance. There’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance, but it’s a line that effective leaders dare not cross if they want to be a leader worth following. Confidence is achieved when a track record of competence, experience and wisdom all comes together. The result is a compelling sense of boldness…
How To Direct Your Leadership With Bold Declarations
Have you ever made a leadership declaration? When I was in my early 20’s and just embarking on my leadership journey, I made several such “declarations”, as I called them. I was beginning to establish my own approach to leadership and I thought it would be helpful if I were to articulate these approaches in the form of…
Avoid The Leadership Chaos In The Emotional Extremes
“What kind of mood is the boss in today?” In one of my first jobs coming out of college, that was the question that buzzed around the office almost every day. The leader of our department was so emotionally volatile that, depending on his particular disposition on any given day, it would change the kinds…
3 Ways To Keep Your Leadership Fresh and Powerful
There’s nothing quite like proven, reliable experience to help a leader navigate through the toughest of challenges. But effective leaders have a curious, and vital, counter-balance to such experience. It’s a counter-intuitive, almost contradictory perspective that prevents reliable experience from turning into simply tired and obsolete. It’s the ability to see the world through ‘young eyes’.…
Leadership Slump? Resist These 3 Shortcuts
Have you ever been tempted to take a leadership shortcut? Sure you have. Every leader gets into a leadership slump sometimes. – The wins just aren’t happening, – The plan just isn’t coming together, – The team just isn’t responding, You get the idea. When that happens there can be a great temptation to avoid…