This is a post prompted by the anniversary of the attacks on the United States on 9/11/01.
While that was a tragedy of epic proportions, many good things happened in the days and weeks that followed, not the least of which was that people across the United States became more aware of their values. The events [...]
I was reading late last night, finishing a book, my daughter Kelsey came in, awakened for unknown reasons. She asked me to come lay with her to help her go back to sleep.
As I laid in her bed, wide awake, the following thought went through my head.
When I am reading I am my best self.
Reflecting [...]
I’ve spent a little time recently remembering Walter Cronkite.
I was just a kid when he dominated nightly news, but I’ve always felt like Mr. Cronkite was someone with whom I would really like to have dinner.
Every report I’ve read, every broadcast I’ve seen and every montage piece produced since his death has included some version of this [...]
With U.S. soccer fresh on our minds from the Confederations Cup I wanted to bring to light the leadership situation that major leader soccer team L.A. Galaxy is currently dealing with, and has been dealing with for some time.
Some preliminary information:
2005: Landon Donovan arrives (serves as captain)
2007: David Beckham arrives (takes over as captain)
January: Both [...]
This is the second in our series of guest posts from the ten bloggers nominated for Best Leadership Blog of 2009. (please vote for your pick now).
With over 20 years of experience in the field of leadership development, Dan is no stranger to providing insights into leadership and helping others succeed personally as well as professionally. [...]
Last night I heard a report on NBC Nightly News, quoting the newly announced C.E.O. of GM (and former CEO of AT&T), Edward E Whitacre, Jr. as saying “‘I don’t know anything about cars.’ He went on to say, however, ‘A business is a business,’ in his view, and the principles, as he put it, [...]
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 habits [...]
One of the things we do is help organizations design and implement leadership development programs. We have a variety of tools to help and combine them with customized solutions to create world class leadership skill training from executives to first line supervisors.
One of the biggest challenges we – and you – face isn’t the design [...]