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Let Yourself Be Led by Those You Ostensibly Lead
Posted on May 6, 2013 | 4 CommentsFriends, Sometimes I wonder: Have I gotten too soft, when so many of my Reading for Leading blogs are about relationship? But then I figure: how else can you lead or be led, except in relationship? And this past week offered three ripe examples, one... -
We Have Met the Enemy
Posted on January 23, 2012 | 7 CommentsFriends, I will go into battle at 8:00 AM, PST today, perhaps just after you have opened this. I shall be leading a revolution. Let me tell you the victory I seek and then the enemy(ies) I must conquer. I hope that it might help... -
Oxymoron for the week – Everyday Leadership Superstar
Posted on May 15, 2011 | 2 CommentsFriends, Leadership lessons often leap from the world of sports. And so often, NOT! Today, a big NOT. I opened a news site’s sports page, it was about playoffs, and typically, it was all about stars: Kevin Durant of Oklahoma City and the showdown between... -
This Probably Doesn’t Apply to You
Posted on August 15, 2010 | 2 CommentsThis Probably Doesn’t Apply to You Friends, We think: This doesn’t apply to me. So, (first) let me talk about who it does apply to; namely, Lee Iacocca, at least according to Steve Miller, a former Chrysler exec who went on to become CEO of... -
Bosses Good and Not So
Posted on July 11, 2010 | 5 CommentsFriends, This week on my Everyday Leadership radio show we’ll hear from Curt Coffman, who with Marcus Buckingham co-authored the highly popular Gallup-data based book, First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently. They weren’t the first to say it, but said... -
White Sheets and Granting Greatness
Posted on August 30, 2009 | 7 CommentsFriends, I finished a speech at a health care conference last week, took questions, then had time for one of my own. I asked: “What will you take away, what will you think or do differently?” A man raised his hand: “On Monday, I’m going...
