Two recent events have me thinking about the filters we view events through, and how thinking about these filters consciously can be a very effective learning and growth opportunity. 1. Last week I gave session in Denver about people creating their own leadership development plans. One of the pieces of advice I shared was “View the […]
Putting Some Reason with the Radiation – a Leadership Lesson
This is a post I started a couple weeks ago, then I let it sit. Since yesterday was the 32nd anniversary of America’s worst commercial nuclear accident (inside the Unit Two reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.), it seems appropriate to finish it now. The recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan are terrible twin […]
Leadership Lessons from an Unusual Perspective
Balloon flight, shot with an HD HERO camera from GoPro. from Francois Brahic on Vimeo. I saw this video yesterday and I couldn’t quite get it out of my mind. Not because I was fascinated by the technology, thought it is pretty cool. My fascination, as it often does, turned to the leadership lessons “hidden” […]
The Difference Between You and Your Role as a Leader
Alonzo Fields, served as a butler in the White House from 21 years – from 1932-53. For many of those years he served as the Chief Butler. According to the Truman Library website, “The job of Chief Butler meant that Fields was responsible for keeping track of all White House tablecloths, napkins, silverware, glassware, and china. […]