Meetings – What’s Your ROI?
I once sat at a conference table with a unique and very useful feature. At its head was inset a...
Leadership Musings
Things Leaders Do That Drive People Crazy (And Some Ideas About How to Stop)
Hey, it’s 2018! (Before you write me off as hopelessly behind the times, yes I know it’s the beginning of...
Workplace Bullying: It’s Ugly, It’s Complex and the Solution Might Not Be What You Think
These days the grim topic of workplace bullying is getting talked about a lot where I live. Everyone agrees that...
Leadership Myth #8 – Leaders Control Things.
In my experience, the term “command and control” gets a bad rap in many organizations. It is equated with a...
Leadership Myth #7 – Good Leaders Make People Happy
An organizational leader once said to me that they thought that they and their direct reports were a “really good...
Leadership Myth #6 – Leadership and Management are in Opposition
As young Officer Cadets our late night conversations, once the obvious topics had been exhausted, would turn to leadership. It...
Leadership Myth #5 – Leaders Never Admit to Mistakes
The phrase “mistakes were made” has become almost a metaphor for attempts by organizational leaders to distance themselves from personal...
Leadership Myth #4 – Leaders Never Admit to Limitations
“So, what have you learned from this?”, the psychologist asked. After thinking for a moment I responded, “I used to think of having...
Leadership Myth #3 – Leaders Must Have All The Answers
Colonel Chris Hadfield, in his marvelous book “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth”, notes that in any group a...
