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Which One Leads More Effectively – and the role of rage
Posted on March 26, 2019 | No CommentsAbout ten years ago, Duke Coach K for Krzyzewsky was cast in a commercial where, with his nasally Chicago voice he said, “I’m not a basketball coach. I’m a leader.” And, indeed the term leader is bounced around almost as much as the leather ball […] -
What if you were leading blind – because often you are!
Posted on March 18, 2019 | 1 CommentA week ago, I spoke to 1,500 people from the TEDx Berkeley stage at Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. I was blind. I realized this would be the case during my dress rehearsal: the hall was dark and the stage lights were like […] -
Women, Men, are Turning the Corner
Posted on February 19, 2019 | No CommentsThank you to the 117 of you who have answered my 2-question survey on first level supervisors. I think we would all like to see a bigger “N,” so here’s a second chance: I’ll take Dan’s survey on what I want(ed) from a first-level supervisor. […] -
Who’s a Great Partner and What Do You Look For?
Posted on January 27, 2019 | No CommentsMy co-writer, John Gillis, says “No one leads alone. No one.” When you pull away the perceptual film of “the leader,” you see “leading by two” is everywhere. We can learn how we best pair by looking at others who do it well. One unusual […] -
What You Can Learn from Two California Bellwether Leaders
Posted on January 22, 2019 | No CommentsI posted a variation of this article on LinkedIn last week. Ever wonder what a bellwether is? It’s a sheep. More specifically, a wether is a castrated male, equipped with a bell, leading the flock. In modern parlance people refer to “bellwether states,” and California […] -
A Short Tender Story of Leading By Two
Posted on December 3, 2018 | 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 […] -
Who’s Got Your Back?
Posted on November 26, 2018 | 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 […] -
Leaders Clear the Air – first in a series
Posted on October 8, 2018 | No CommentsToday a combined Reading for Leading and LeadingX2 (leading by two). I will keep this reasonably short by introducing a topic, two steps, and then continuing next week. In any strong partnership there come times when you need to “clear the air.” Your […] -
How You Can Get a Handle on the Costly Curse of Conflict
Posted on February 5, 2018 | 2 CommentsWe were seven kids in a pretty healthy family. Seven kids in a 3-bedroom ranch. Oh, and seven 7 kids in our one Ford Country Squire. Picture the 9 of us, sardine chldren: We were a daily and nightly laboratory of conflict. My memory is […] -
How Mary Z Shows Lesson One in LeadingX2
Posted on August 14, 2017 | 3 CommentsI’ll be writing more these days about the atomic unit upon which all leadership is built – what I’m calling LeadingX2 or leading by 2. I am referring to the way in which you can lead and be led by one other person. The other […]
