Reputation & Perception: Are You an Asset, or an Ass?
Perception is Reality Boy do I hate that saying! But unfortunately it’s true. Without the right information, people will create their own. Whether it’s business, a team, or the military, reputation is...
View ArticleLeadership Image: Are you inside the circle?
As mentioned in another post, a leader’s image is strongly tied to his or her effectiveness. The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) conducted a study in which they found that a leader’s image had...
View ArticlePart III: Implications for Leadership Development
Implications for Leadership Development (continued from Part II) Leading lifelong learning requires not just knowledge workers but knowledge leaders. It is not enough to simply analyze, think and...
View ArticleStupid Leaders? No way
Within every level of professionalism exists the potential for stupidity. Stupid people abound, and, yes there are some complete idiots even in high performance organizations (HPOs). The fact that...
View ArticleHow “Fit” is Your Doctor?
Doctors, poorly communicating? Say it isn’t so. In Tuesday’s edition of the WSJ, there was an interesting article about how doctors often lack the interpersonal communication skills needed to bridge...
View Article2 Types of Unknown Factors
Which industries face the biggest challenges right now? …The regulatory changes in the world of banking and insurance—the changes in interest rates and other pressures—are going to put enormous...
View ArticleAuthentic Leadership (doesn’t mean being an @ss)
The term authentic is often used to denote a leadership style much like an autocratic, affiliative, or pace-setting style, for instance. To me, authentic leadership represents who you are as a person,...
View ArticleThe Organizational F-Bomb: Part III
Examining areas for development is an active process. After every major training evolution and certainly every mission, members of the military’s special operations community conduct After Action...
View ArticleThe 4C’s of Leadership
I figured I would try something new for this blog post and create a prezi instead of write. The title is The 4C’s of Leadership, as this was something a member of The McChrystal Group explained that...
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