I’ve been speaking more and more about leading through sustained change – recently speaking to Cisco managers and the Mich Society of Association Executives. Leading through sustained crisis is different than “normal” leadership. Sometimes, all your assumptions fall apart. Think about newspapers, who thought nobody could compete with their long-developed skills at gathering news, formatting, editing, printing, distributing. Look: you can do it all online. Let me know if I can help your leaders learn to lead in times of incessant change!
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New Year’s Plan – From Great to Good
07 January 2019 6:10 AM | 3 CommentsFor the first time in the 20 years I’ve been writing a New Years message, I am contradicting the messages of my new years’ past. So, if you’re seeking a stimulus to support you in having a great year, following conventional and valuable insights, search […]
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2018 What Will Make the Next YEARS Better
17 December 2018 4:58 AM | No CommentsI sent out a short list of good books from 2018 on Friday. You can read my mini-reviews and click the links here. With this Read2Lead, I finish 2018. By the next time I write, my niece Erin will have given birth. Her amazing Maximus […]
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Books that Have Been Gifts to Me 2018
14 December 2018 7:45 PM | 2 CommentsHere’s a short list of books I’ve enjoyed, separated into a few categories: 1. Being your best self. Anne Lamott, Almost Everything: Notes on Hope. I would describe Anne Lamott as a seeker, seer, and humorist. She always brings me to an awakened sense of, “Oh, right! […]
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A Short Tender Story of Leading By Two
03 December 2018 4:11 AM | 2 CommentsToday’s story is short and stands on its own – a tender example of LeadingX2: James Addison Baker III, was George H.W. Bush’s longtime friend, chief of staff and secretary of state. Bush had been close to Baker who was only forty when Baker’s first […]
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Who’s Got Your Back?
26 November 2018 3:41 AM | 7 CommentsThe Irish priests in Boston know their politics. Still, Fr. McInnes’ prescience and sophistication jolted me. During our marriage preparation, he knew full well the aspirations I was packing up for my trip from the ideals of Harvard’s halls to the political streets where I […]
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