I didn’t remember who Harry Browne was, or that he ran for U.S. President as the Libertarian candidate in both 1996 and 2000. When I read his quotation though, I knew I wanted to share it with you. I hope you choose to read on . . . “You don’t have to buy [...]
Leaders everywhere these days are talking about how to create more engaged employees. Consultants, authors, and speakers are consulting, writing, and speaking about the importance of increased employee engagement. It is a trend that makes good sense. In Gallup’s most recent survey, they found only 28% of employees actively engaged, which they define as: Engaged [...]
From Green Eggs and Ham to the Cat in the Hat, I, like many kids, grew up with Dr. Seuss. But I can’t say I really became a fan until I was an adult — reading those classics and others to my children (Horton Hatches an Egg is a favorite.) If you’re a fan too, [...]
Sometimes you read or re-read a quotation that accurately describes your view of the world. Today, I share one of those with you. If it’s never your fault, you can’t take responsibility for it. And if you can’t take responsibility for it, you’ll always be its victim. – Richard Bach, author [...]
Before I begin, let me give you a Rant Alert. When I’m done you may feel like I’ve been ranting a bit. I’m not going to apologize for it, I feel strongly about the point I am about to make. I’ve decided after thinking about this post for two days, that perhaps a rant is [...]
Yesterday, on the Guest conversation Call as a part of the Remarkable Leadership Learning System, my guest Timothy Johnson was asked how to deal with resistance to process improvement efforts in the form of “I don’t have time.” His answer was brief, to the point, and completely correct. He pointed out that we all have [...]
Around the world today there will be plenty of people sitting in some sort of supervisor training workshop. And while those sessions will be well designed and led by skilled and well meaning trainers and facilitators, the vast majority of these sessions will leave out skills that will be critical to both the supervisor’s and [...]
I’ve been writing my Powerquotes Plus newsletter for nine years (and it’s predecessor Powerquotes for 13 years). In every issue there is a quotation, questions to ponder, and action steps. Because of this, I have written 1000′s of questions over the years, hopefully many of them very good. But a question I wrote the other day, while [...]
I was recently interviewed by Brian Oates of Daxle.net for Imprint: Business Author Interviews. In this 15 minute podcast we talked about several important leadership skills including building trust, the important of relationships and we talked about a positive definition of accountability. I wrote this book to be a personal leadership development training tool and [...]