Several weeks ago I posted an article that got a ton of attention. The title was The 7 Signs of Poor Leadership. Since posting it has over 90,000 views. It must have struck a cord as I also had 2,700 Likes, over 1,050 re-shares and over 250 comments in which many people said they both saw these [...]
Man looking at reflection in window Several weeks ago I posted an article that got a ton of attention. The title was The 7 Signs of Poor Leadership. Since posting it has nearly 90,000 views. It must have struck a cord as I also had over 1,000 shares and over 200 comments in which many [...]
The workplace has changed. Or has it? Most of our leaders are in the baby boomer era or learned from baby boomers and were brought up with very disciplined and neo-Victorian standards of leadership. These were based on fear and getting respect just because you were a leader (as opposed to earning it), handing out [...]
Much is talked and written about leadership and management being so different and how leadership can be the difference between successful companies and those that fail. I scan numerous articles every week about what makes great leadership, but I rarely see anything about poor leadership. However, sometimes it’s good to make sure we can recognize [...]
How many of us have worked for a company that had no accountability….they really didn’t know what it meant but tried to impose it? They believed everyone had responsibility…which they didn’t, and that was enough. The two are often confused. So let’s first define the difference. The main difference is that responsibility can be shared [...]
Toxic a pretty bold word. It has tremendous implications and is bandied about frequently, so let’s make sure we are on the same page as to what it really means. If we go to the dictionary for a definition, the following words appear; poisonous, virulent, noxious, deadly, dangerous, harmful. That’s what a toxic office environment feels like. [...]
When I played soccer as a kid I played a lot. I practiced and practiced as everyone else was better! We’d be out in the evenings until after dark, when you could hardly see the ball, and in all weathers. I learned some powerful life lessons and one of them was that Tenacity can be more [...]
Doing the same thing and expecting different results The famous Albert Einstein quote came to mind recently as I was reflecting on a round of golf. I was 6 over par and heading for my best round ever, when on the 16th hole I hit my drive into a fairway bunker. My ball was on [...]
What is a strategic partnership? So many times we hear the term “strategic” and “partnership” used, abundantly and wrongly. But if you put them together, what does it mean? How do you form one and know if it exists? In this series of “How Do You Know You Have A Strategic Partnership”, my last two articles [...]
Are you credible? What sort of question is that? Of course I am. I have to be. And even if I’m not, why is this so important? What do we mean by being credible? One dictionary definition is: “Having credibility means you are believable and reliable.”Here’s another one from a long time friend and past colleague, [...]