Leadership Principle #5 – Train Your Team (Part 1)
I have a confession to make. I’m a compulsive reader. I know that’s a dangerous and potentially subversive habit, but...
Leadership Musings
Leadership Principle #4 – Lead By Example
Military Officers spend a lot of time studying military history, particularly famous (and infamous) commanders. Often one finds buried in...
Leadership Principle #3 – Make Sound and Timely Decisions
As a young Army Officer I was taught that “a mediocre decision arrived at quickly and executed vigorously is always...
Leadership Principle #2 – Clarify Objectives and Intent
Some years ago the Canadian Army adopted a modus operandi called “mission command”. Put simply, Mission Command means that the...
Leadership Principle #1 – Competence
The first Principle of Leadership identified by the Canadian Armed Forces is: “Achieve professional competence and pursue self-improvement”. Having spent...
The Principles of Leadership
Leadership is by definition a contextual activity including a leader, those following the leader, and a larger social and operational...
Collaboration: Silver Bullet or Unicorn?
I once arrived in an organization just as it commenced a massive restructure involving mergers and spin-offs. Work that to...
When There is No “Solution”
The human brain defaults to seeing things in an “either/or” framework. Either that rustling in the underbrush is a threat...
What’s Your Role?
It lasted less than a minute and was one of the most illuminating conversations of my working life. Midway through...
