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It’s Okay to Leave it Blank
Posted on October 22, 2011 | 9 CommentsFriends, I was with a friend of mine this week who is a lifelong educator. He was working with his fourth grader on her homework, and his daughter was getting frustrated and nervous that she couldn’t figure out a couple of problems. His advice to... -
My Son, My Fear, My Friend
Posted on August 22, 2011 | 18 CommentsFriends, Almost every leader’s biggest challenge is unleashing initiative. If it’s not getting people to initiate and generate, then it’s getting people to initiate work with others. Parents, bosses, presidents, principals? They’re all trying to light fires and increase people’s capacity to work together and... -
I Dare You to Tell Me This Isn’t The Biggest Leadership Challenge!
Posted on April 10, 2011 | 10 CommentsFriends, Isn’t it superb that leadership is a life long process?!! And guess what’s likely the single most important passage in that process of leadership development? I’m 100% behind Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner when they write: “Only challenge produces the opportunity for greatness.” (See... -
You're a Stick Figure – or Two
Posted on May 31, 2010 | 7 CommentsYou’re a Stick Figure – or Two Friends, “Lead with your best self” is the way I close my RFL columns, and I thought in the next few weeks I’d share some of the seeds at the core of that expression. Fundamental to this exhortation... -
The Human Freedom to Plot a Path to Somewhere Great
Posted on November 8, 2009 | No CommentsIt has often struck me that one of the major ways we differ from other animals is our ability to see a longer term vision and plot a course to get there. Unlike squirrels or dogs we do much more than react on-the-spot. As artists,... -
At the Boarding Counter – Panic and Abundance
Posted on August 16, 2009 | 11 CommentsFriends, Imagine it’s February 1, and you are sitting at the gate, waiting for your already-delayed flight to leave for Orlando and a long-awaited break. You’re reading a cheap novel, when you start to overhear people at the counter. “I’ve already been bumped once. You...
