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Testing Your Leadership Power
Posted on March 5, 2012 | 11 CommentsTesting Your Leadership Power Friends, I think I was wrong last week when I called Fr. Mark’s wonderfully crazy move an act of trust. If you missed last week’s RFL, I told how our pastor at St. Augustine’s in Oakland, California flipped the service –... -
Best Story Ever on Leading with Trust
Posted on February 26, 2012 | 13 CommentsFriends, I’ve got three things for you today – an unbelievably crazy story, a lesson in leadership from Kouzes and Posner, and a question or two for you. Here’s the story: We go to church and Fr. Mark says that he has been to Kenya... -
Stand Tough When Technology Can Sweep You Away
Posted on February 20, 2012 | 8 CommentsStand Tough When Technology Can Sweep You Away Friends, Scene 1: “How many devices do we have going?” my sister asked on Saturday as she scanned the five of us with what turned out to be 4 smart phones and one laptop. “I can be... -
Trust Matters – Be Careful What They Trust You For
Posted on February 13, 2012 | 4 CommentsTrust Matters – Be Careful What They Trust You For Friends, One of my two partners asked me, “How did your program go?” She was inquiring about the year-long leadership course I had kicked off the day before with thirty school principals. Her tone was unusually... -
Why Adding A Computer Monitor Takes Away Distractions
Posted on February 8, 2012 | 6 CommentsFriends, A quick mid-week Reading for Leading recommendation: Buy a second screen for your computer! A New York Times 1A story title today asks, “If One Screen Is Good, Are 3 Better? Many Multitaskers Think So.” I completely agree, but not for the reasons in... -
Why Are Some Leaders Better Weight Lifters?
Posted on February 5, 2012 | 6 CommentsFriends, I strongly recommend you view the video version of today’s Reading for Leading, but if you’d prefer to read, I’ve included the text below the video, as some requested. I don’t recommend a lot of books on leadership but when I do it’s because... -
New New New Leadership
Posted on January 29, 2012 | 6 CommentsFriends, Go to Kroger, Meijer, Wegman’s, Safeway, etc., and you can’t let your eyes move across 5 packages without seeing at least one NEW!!! emblazoned across the front. If somebody popped a “New” sticker on you, what would be the product they’d be touting? ... -
We Have Met the Enemy
Posted on January 23, 2012 | 7 CommentsFriends, I will go into battle at 8:00 AM, PST today, perhaps just after you have opened this. I shall be leading a revolution. Let me tell you the victory I seek and then the enemy(ies) I must conquer. I hope that it might help... -
Get Help!!!
Posted on January 16, 2012 | 4 CommentsFriends, Last week I invited you to commit to making this the best year of your life. Part of making 2012 my best year on the planet is reaching the specific Big Hairy Audacious Goal of landing a TV show to engage everyday leaders around... -
Just Reading This RFL is a Waste of Time
Posted on January 8, 2012 | 5 CommentsFriends, Here’s my Happy New Year’s wish, which is perhaps better seen as an invitation, or a taunt: LEAD YOURSELF to your best year ever. Absurd? Audacious? Well, leadership always has an element of audacity to it. President Kennedy said: we’ll put an American on...
