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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Using Ritual to Lead
02 April 2018 6:35 AM | No CommentsI’ve been thinking about routine and ritual a lot. The older I get the more I seem to appreciate how deeply we humans crave them and how important they are for those of us who lead teams, families, communities. I wonder about your rituals. We began the […]
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The Most Meaningful Award for You
26 March 2018 5:39 AM | No CommentsWhat would it be? The most meaningful award you can imagine? I used to hope for a MacArthur Fellowship. I guess that’s not to be, i.e., I’m just not a genius. Darn. I covet another award, but in a superstitious way, maybe, I can’t say […]
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Here’s a Leadership Gift – Just Cut and Paste
19 March 2018 6:27 AM | No CommentsLast week’s Read2Lead post promised to tell you “how to take a leap forward in leadership effectiveness.” In the post, I was reveling in how I had received specific coaching from a student. His feedback was entirely new to me and thus promised me – […]
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How to Take a Big Leap in Leadership Effectiveness
12 March 2018 6:05 AM | No CommentsI sincerely believe I am going to leap forward in my teaching-leadership this week, because I got a great gift a week ago. The context for the gift was my sending students an email last weekend. In it, I told them that I was seeking […]
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Positive, Fun and Easy Leading
05 March 2018 5:31 AM | No CommentsCheck out this list. What do these things have in common: Telephone Deck of cards Answering machine Phone book Cookbook Camera Camcorder Tape recorder Radio Cup of Dice Alarm clock Calculator Dictionary Rolodex Calendar Street map Flashlight Fax Compass Metronome Outdoor thermometer Encyclopedia Hint: You […]
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