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Who’s Got Your Back?
Posted on August 10, 2015 | 10 CommentsLiterally means literally. Okay? And Cliff had my back literally. Since he was 7 years old my son Jack has told me — not asked — that on his 16 birthday we would jump out of a plane together. My rather significant acrophobia told him […] -
How Parents and Bosses Need the Same Lesson.
Posted on June 1, 2015 | 5 CommentsOn Sunday, Jennifer and I watched the last of our three children cross the high school stage. Being a parent is the quintessential form of hierachical leadership. No new employee comes to work, no student enters a classroom, as full of promise and as completely dependent […] -
Would You Handle Your Screw-Ups As I Have Mine?
Posted on January 20, 2014 | 7 CommentsTrust is the KILLER APP. A new client retained me last week. I told him I’d write up the agreement and pricing if he wanted it, but I didn’t need it. He could dump me at any time, and I’d fix to his liking any […] -
What you can do when you just HOPE things will get better
Posted on August 12, 2013 | 1 CommentSometimes your team has looked at a problem that’s been festering, agreed to work on it, and you really hope things will get better. (Or maybe the problem’s been in your church, your marriage, or with your kids.) You hope things will improve. In my […] -
Great Leaders Use Influence, Not Power
Posted on January 7, 2013 | 2 CommentsSpecial 12th Anniversary Guest Column JOEL GARFINKLE: Great Leaders Use Influence, Not Power Many leaders confuse influence with power. However, there is a vast difference between the two and the simple act of learning that difference and how to use it can move your career ahead in unexpected ways. […] -
The Rope Trick – How to avoid getting let down
Posted on June 4, 2012 | 2 CommentsFriends, I recommend you watch today’s RFL, which I shared on Maria Shriver’s website last week.* I realize that many read RFL at work and may not be able to watch video, so below is a written piece which parallels the points in the […] -
Testing Your Leadership Power
Posted on March 5, 2012 | 11 CommentsTesting Your Leadership Power Friends, I think I was wrong last week when I called Fr. Mark’s wonderfully crazy move an act of trust. If you missed last week’s RFL, I told how our pastor at St. Augustine’s in Oakland, California flipped the service – […] -
Best Story Ever on Leading with Trust
Posted on February 26, 2012 | 13 CommentsFriends, I’ve got three things for you today – an unbelievably crazy story, a lesson in leadership from Kouzes and Posner, and a question or two for you. Here’s the story: We go to church and Fr. Mark says that he has been to Kenya […] -
Trust Matters – Be Careful What They Trust You For
Posted on February 13, 2012 | 4 CommentsTrust Matters – Be Careful What They Trust You For Friends, One of my two partners asked me, “How did your program go?” She was inquiring about the year-long leadership course I had kicked off the day before with thirty school principals. Her tone was unusually […] -
Why Are Some Leaders Better Weight Lifters?
Posted on February 5, 2012 | 6 CommentsFriends, I strongly recommend you view the video version of today’s Reading for Leading, but if you’d prefer to read, I’ve included the text below the video, as some requested. I don’t recommend a lot of books on leadership but when I do it’s because […]
