Leadership Essential #1: Take Responsibility

Good Thursday morning! It seems about 1/3 of the people I know right now are on vacation (many in Europe). I hope you are in a similar place or have plans to be soon! I started the week in Pittsburgh, and am ending it in New Jersey, with a trip to Sarasota in between – […]

When Leaders Get Stuck

Last week, a leader got on the phone and immediately told me about a very difficult conversation he needed to have with his boss. He had been working on this a lot before we talked. “Rob, I don’t know what to do.” He was stuck. And he was feeling both frustrated and vulnerable. Stuck doesn’t […]

Leaders at the Finish Line

Many are calling these events [in the financial markets] unprecedented. Leaders can be paralyzed by them; or they can “choose” to grow and respond accordingly.

Leaders vs. Summer

A new leadership tool is at hand this week. It’s summertime.
Despite the demands of this challenging economy, things are just different. There’s less traffic on the road in the mornings. Less people in the office because of vacations. Everyone knows you have to get major deals closed by mid-July because key decision-makers will be hard to assemble until after Labor Day. Inevitably there’s more recreation and leisure in your schedule.
All this presents Leaders with opportunities to “shift with the season” — to experiment, create, learn, reboot. And when Labor Day gets here (80 days and counting), you can decide to stop or continue. Will you take advantage of it?