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In our personal lives, when we plan a driving trip, look at a map, or follow directions someone gave us, we look for and value landmarks along our way. They give us confidence in our progress and show us how far we’ve come, and inform us of how far we still have to go. In [...]
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One of the hottest topics in the world of Human Resources these days is succession planning. I’ve had conversations with two executives within the last week that lamented the need to think about succession planning, and both said there wasn’t time to work on it in the short term. While we could talk about the [...]
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This week’s Resource Recommendation is Power: Why Some People Have it and Others Don’t by Jeffrey Pfeffer. Power. It’s a word that may attract or repel you. You may want it, wish you had it or wonder how to get it. This book will help you define it, and in a great blend of academic [...]
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In Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner’s new book The Truth About Leadership (which is excellent and I will be recommending it fully here soon) they share some interesting research. They have asked people of all ages who they see as their leadership role models. In the book they have broken down the respondents into two [...]
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Next month I am delivering a brand new program that I extremely excited about! Coaching Training Camp is designed for any leader who wants to be a more effective coach or mentor. Coaching and developing others is one of the most important roles of a leader. While that may seem pretty obvious, for many leaders [...]
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Military recruits go to boot camp for a crash course in preparing them for their future success. I created the Remarkable Leadership Boot Camp Series with the same intent for leaders at all levels. I’ve never been to a military boot camp. I’m the intents are the same, but the realities are very different. At [...]
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Lagniappe (pronounced LAN-yap). Is a word used primarily in Louisiana, meaning a little something extra. (read the full Wikipedia entry). Since I first learned the word in college it has intrgued me. First, I love to say it, though it is hard to spell. Second the concept of giving people a little bit more than [...]
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July 26, 2010 Fortune Magazine. Two small little snippets on page 20 should cause alarm bells for many. Fact 1: 39% of large company CEO’s and directors say they have zero real internal CEO candidates. Fact 2: The average number of hours boards spend on succession planning? Two. Do you see yourself or your company [...]
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If you have been a long time reader of this newsletter, I hope you are aware of The Most Remarkable Free Leadership Gift Ever. It was introduced here last fall, and the graphic you see here is often in the right hand column. While we would hope you know about it, the reality is there [...]
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In any area of skill, to be the best, you need the best inputs: the best coaches, the best advice, and the best ideas. And the very best want something more; they want to be on the inside. They want access; they want secrets; they want the very best tools. That is true for anything, [...]
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