What? Leaders should be vulnerable? This seems to make no sense in a world where we criticize leaders if they cry (Speaker of the House John Boehner and Super Bowl Winning Coach Dick Vermeil come to mind), and we tell ourselves and each other “never let them see you sweat.” After all, the first definition [...]
Face it, we all mistakes. Heck, I’ve made a bunch today, and it is still early afternoon! Here are two common statements made about mistakes. “To err is human . . .” “We must learn from our mistakes.” While we know we will make mistakes, there is no guarantee we will learn from them. And [...]
As is often the case, a confluence of factors lead to a blog post, and this is no exception. Yesterday in Las Vegas as I facilitated a public session of our Leadership Training Camp (learn more and see future sites here), a group of 25 leaders and I talked about the connection between innovation and [...]
Eric was busy building his career – and it was going well. Even though things were going well, he was always glad to talk to his long-time mentor, Jan. Jan had been one of Eric’s college instructors, and they had remained in touch throughout his career. Jan was going to be in Eric’s town on [...]
Trevor Harley, is a talented, smart guy. And he is currently looking for a new job opportunity. While I haven’t talked to him in depth about it, I know he is doing all of the normal, standard, smart things to look for a job. But as the email I received yesterday shows, he is doing [...]
This is another in our series of blog posts by the nominees for the Best Leadership Blog of 2009 (you can see the list and place your vote here.) In addition to being an executive coach, Scott is also a speaker and author. In his book The Next Level: What Insiders know about Executive Success, [...]