Image Busters: Eight Common Leader Mistakes
There’s no shortage of ways to ruin your image as a leader. Here are eight common mistakes executives make – and you should avoid – that have a negative effect (More)
Storytelling as a Leader’s Art
So the executive looked at me askance, wondering if what I was saying was really true. “So you want me to learn to tell stories…really?!” Yes, and I wanted him (More)
Why some managers don’t learn from experience & 3 ways to fix it
Often despite attempts to provide developmental experiences for people, by all accounts the learning doesn’t happen. Perhaps you’ve heard of people like this? Jane had been given a plum assignment (More)
Research Reveals the 2 Most Important Competencies for Success
Thousands of leaders from all over the world attend our leadership development programs, and as a result we have vast amounts of data about leaders from all over the world. As (More)
Leadership Lessons from the Eiffel Tower
What do you see when effective leadership happens? I’m willing to bet you see DAC: Direction, Alignment and Commitment. On my second installment of videos from the Eiffel Tower, I thought (More)
5 Steps for Leadership Behavior Change
What do leadership faculty do when they’re not teaching others about leadership? They sit around their offices talking to each other about leadership! Here’s a video of Phil Willburn and (More)
From BFFs to BOSS
One day you and your friends are complaining about the boss. The next, you are your friends’ boss. So how do you successfully go from being BFFs to BOSS? It’s (More)
Tossed, Lost, and Still a Great Boss
I love baseball. It’s a sport that has bonded my family together. In particular, it’s been one team: the Atlanta Braves. My parents and I watched the Braves throughout the (More)
