Can you and do you inspire others? This is an important question for all of us to ask as leaders. Our answer helps us see past our positional “power” and look at our true effectiveness. Alaina Love, wrote a a blog post for Business Week that outlines ten attributes that help you inspire others. Here [...]
I’m a big fan of questions – both reflective and projective questions – to help us learn, grow, plan and succeed. (Our Power of 26 Questions workbook – which gives you 13 reflective and 13 projective questons is included in our Start Today! product). Here is the question stem I have been working with this morning. [...]
In everything there is a rhythm. There is rhythm in a meeting. Rhythm in a day. Rhythm in a week. There is rhythm in a project and rhythm in an organization. And the leader is the drummer. While the singers in the band are out front, and while the lead guitarists get the biggest solos, without the [...]
In our Powerquotes email service today, I sent out this quotation: “In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.” – Cicero While this is true for all of us, it is especially true for leaders. Because while some (relatively small) percentage of the population are naturally inclined to plan, most of us [...]
This is the ninth post in our series of guest blog posts from our ten finalists in this year’s Best of Leadership Blogs competition (make your pick here) Bob Sutton is a researcher and Professor of Management Science at the Stanford Engineering School. The word ‘innovation’ best describes his way of exploring the connections between [...]
Below is a popular YouTube video, which shows a leader, taking action (even if it is a kinda goofy action), and through his passion and example, creating followers. To get the full effect, watch the full video, but at a minimum watch at least past the one minute mark. Is this guy exhibiting executive leadership [...]
This is the final guest blog post from our finalists in this year’s Best of Leadership Blogs competition (make your pick for best blog here) John Baldoni is an exceptional leader in the fields of leadership and communications. Inaddition to being a leadership consultant, he is a coach, motivational speaker, and author. John has written [...]
We are all defined by our habits, and as leaders this may be even more true. Because others are watching us so closely (more closely than we likely realize), the habits we employ impact not only our performance, but the performance of those we lead. Which is why I share one of my favorite quotations about [...]