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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Two Ways You Can Enlarge Your Impact and Influence
26 June 2017 7:52 AM | No CommentsBruce Wilkinson wrote a wonderful book a few years ago called the Prayer of Jabez. It was a self help, spiritual, business crossover that made the New York Times best seller list. It’s worth reading, and here’s the Cliff’s notes: Jabez prayed to God: […]
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Trump U #2 – Searching for Lessons for US and us
12 June 2017 4:41 AM | 12 CommentsI last wrote about President Trump in light of the work of Kouzes & Posner. I was searching for what seems to guide the “way” that he models, the values that he talks and walks. And I wrote about what WE can learn from what […]
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Trump U – What I’m Learning – And You?
30 May 2017 2:21 PM | 15 CommentsReading for Leading has always been about “everyday leadership.” Leadership knocks every day and calls to everyday people, who don’t just lead down, but up and across the hierarchies of life. I write today about a high-level leader but with this important proviso. I am […]
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What’s Your Trace of Toxicity?
15 May 2017 5:04 AM | 7 CommentsLast week I met with two of my favorite Haas Business School young alumnae. They both work for a large company whose name I will not reveal. The company is again on the most recent list of Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” with a […]
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Hey Everyday Leaders: Forget Trump’s 100 Days
01 May 2017 4:28 AM | 6 CommentsIt seems like we’ve been talking about Trump’s first hundred days for about ten times a hundred days. Are you as weary of it as I am? So, here’s a shift. How have your first 100 days in office been? I decided to review the […]
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