PREFACE: We cannot underemphasize the importance of team building for a leader. But we also realize that some leaders do not have the temperament or the patience for some of the team building activities that are often done during leadership training activities. Rest assured, we are not going to advocate Read more…
INTRODUCTION: Persistence is a double edged sword. If you lack persistence you will give up on projects when a little more stick-to-itiveness could produce a good outcome. If you are excessively persistent you will hang onto projects when everyone else knows they will be dead on arrival. Success requires a Read more…
PREFACE: The art of influencing others has actually been studied enough at this point in time that we can begin to talk about it as a science. Historically, people who have mastered the skills of influence have done so by observing what works and through a significant reliance on their Read more…
PREFERCE: As a baby you learned to use the feedback all around you to begin to master your environment. As you grew and developed an interesting thing happened. You began to ignore the constant stream of feedback coming at you from every possible angle. We humans do this so that Read more…
INTRODUCTION: This is an area that many leaders find a bit difficult. Many leaders are big picture people and often have a little difficulty focusing in on the details. To organize anything requires that we be able to see the details. So what’s a leader to do? I see 5 Read more…
INTRODUCTION: There can be no doubt that great leaders are good listeners but just as important is the ability to speak. I’m not talking about getting up in front of big crowds and delivering a rousing speech. I’m talking about the everyday ability to convey an effective, efficient, succinct, and Read more…
PREFACE: In our relationships with others there are so many dimensions; it goes way beyond a 3 or 4 dimensional view of the world. There is what we see and what we don’t see and what we hear and what we don’t hear. There is what we think and what Read more…
PREFACE: Do we really know what someone means when they refer to strategies or tactics? Through my years as a leader, I have found these two concepts to be frequently confused and too often considered to be interchangeable. But there is definitely a difference between the two and acquiring the Read more…
PREFACE: This article focuses on planning. It is impossible to over emphasize the importance of planning for a leader but I often find that people who have a desire to lead frequently are so focused on today that they can short change tomorrow. They are often fairly good short range Read more…
PREFACE: The art of leadership requires many skills. To fully understand these skills requires us to know the difference between talent and skill. The free online dictionary tells us that a skill is a “Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience.” In contrast talent Read more…