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What Keeps You From Flying?
Posted on April 15, 2012 | 4 Comments[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Friends, What if you could fly, or maybe just consistently jump a little higher in life? Would you follow me if I could show you how to be a little bit better parent or boss or teacher or... -
How Could You Lead With $50?
Posted on March 12, 2012 | 82 CommentsFriends, How Could You Lead With $50 Leigha Beckman stunned me – in a happy way last week. She’s an intern and we’ve tasked her to bring a fresh, analytical approach to “Reading for Leading.” Next week we’ll send you her survey to help me... -
Old Male Authority and Best Self Leadership
Posted on November 27, 2011 | 21 CommentsFriends, The great John Tenbusch, master teacher, philosopher and maybe part madman, would grit his teeth so hard you could hear the grinding from the last seat in room 214 of University of Detroit High School. Through clenched jaw he would growl, “Damn it _____... -
Not Just a Follower
Posted on October 16, 2011 | 15 CommentsNot Just a Follower Friends, Today, I share outrage and a quick refresher. The outrage: Here’s what happens: the Detroit Tigers lose, and we blame the authorities. I’m guilty of this. I didn’t see why the Tigers manager Jim Leyland put Schlereth in for Scherzer.... -
Freelancing
Posted on August 29, 2011 | 9 CommentsFriends, I heard from two Romanians, a Hungarian, Venezuelan, Pakistani, and one American. I ran an experiment that shed an eerie light on the book that Jennifer and I have coming out in three weeks, and it also reinforced my thinking about the importance of this... -
Leader Seduction
Posted on July 31, 2011 | 7 CommentsFriends, Last week just about EVERYONE got sick of Congress. Hopefully, this week, they’ll give us some medicine to get over our sickness. ASIDE from the politics – and I’m biting my partisan tongue – I believe there is a big lesson relevant to our... -
Everyday Leadership – Everyday Followership
Posted on July 11, 2011 | 4 CommentsFriends, So, we’re out here in far away California. Our house feels like a summer cottage – lots of wood and windows-to-nature and walls that don’t require northern insulation – and we feel like we’re on vacation. Classes don’t start until late August. Jack’s cool... -
Arnold could learn something from Dan
Posted on May 20, 2011 | No CommentsThe Detroit News If any political couple had a right to lash out at Arnold Schwarzenegger for fathering a child with a member of his household staff, it is former Gov. Jennifer Granholm and her husband Daniel Mulhern. Not only do the two former governors... -
On “Everyday Leadership”:Positive Leadership and Transitions
Posted on March 22, 2011 | No CommentsLast week on “Everyday Leadership” Dan talked about what positive leadership means, and how life’s transitions, no matter size, can be beneficial to becoming a positive leader. Carol Evans President of Working Mother Media was on to talk about the company’s online magazine www.workingmother.com. Working... -
Folks are Restless
Posted on February 27, 2011 | 7 CommentsFriends, The last month has been reminiscent of a time 40 years ago, in the late 60s when all hell broke loose. Powerlessness and acceptance of injustice were cast aside, as people took to the streets in the U.S. and around the world. In 2010...
