Leaders are Learners
It's been quite a while since I created a post on this blog. Something caught my attention today and I was inspired to share it through my blog. Most of my posts relate to leadership. Not because I hold myself [...]
Are Great Leaders Lean?
To most people, the concept of becoming "lean" connotes having less or doing more with less. For example, I am 35 pounds leaner than I was fifteen months ago. My company is managing more associations today with fewer employees than [...]
Leadership traits
In our past blog posts, we have looked into the qualities of a successful leader; and the behaviors we find relatable with good leadership. Today, we want to share another important subject: positive leadership traits. What are leadership traits? It [...]
Do Smartphones Hurt Your Leadership Ability?
I've often wondered if I could be a better leader if I was less connected to email, google, news feeds and apps through my smartphone. I try not to be rude about my smartphone use. I try hard to not [...]
Leadership Lists
We've all seen them. Some of us have written them. I'm talking about lists...not grocery lists or to-do lists. I'm talking about the tenets of leadership lists. I love reading other people's tenets of leadership lists. I like what those [...]
Good Leaders Know They are Role Models
NBA great and Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley once famously said, "I am not a role model". I like Sir Charles and even can understand his point to a certain extent - I think he was trying to let [...]
20 Mantras Great Leaders Live By
I came across a great blog posting recently related to - you guessed it - Leadership. What a cool story this blogger has to tell about their grandfather and the 20 Mantras of Great Leaders he developed through a business [...]
Don’t Be an Idea Killer
Many times leaders are presented with ideas by their teammates. How they respond to these ideas separates the good leaders from the bad leaders. Think for a minute about how you responded the last time an idea was presented to you [...]
Good Leaders Understand the Value of the Team
I recently read an article published in the New York Times about how IBM develops new ideas through a collaborative team effort. You can read it here. A critical value most successful teams have is TRUST. When members of a [...]
