Two Questions about Your Leadership
Good morning! I hope you enjoyed the holidays and are off to a strong start in 2019. Two items this morning – one a challenge in two questions, the second a book you must read. – – – – – – – – – – I want to challenge you with two questions I have […]
Selfish Leaders
I’m recovering from a recent case of overdrive. For most of last year, I was pushing myself through a perfect storm of demands: leading a growing business and all its growing busyness, a house move after 12 years from Kentucky to Charlottesville, and many other personal obligations, including the settling of my late mother’s estate. […]
Relaxed Strategizing
Two types of leaders are wrapping up this year. Some leaders are finishing 2016 in roughly the same place they started. They have been busy all through the year, but they have basically done things throughout 2016 much like in previous years. Leading and behaving the way they always have has led to getting roughly the […]
Ledecky, Neymar, and Getting Gritty
Late last year a board member gave me feedback on a CEO I was coaching. He concluded his comments with, “…and he has GRIT!” The word stood out to me at the time. I had not heard it recently, especially to describe a leader. But since then, I feel like I’m seeing and hearing it […]
SWOT Yourself.
Racing, racing, racing. Push it to the limit. Racing. Quick pit stop. And then, racing again. As I think about many of the leaders I know, racing characterizes the last few weeks of December and first week of January. Racing to close deals. Racing to finish projects or annual reviews (ha!). Racing to get the […]
Every Leader a Thought Leader
A Sampling of Wall Street Journal Headlines from the past week . . .
* New Fears Jolt Credit Markets (March 6)
* Housing, Bank Troubles Deepen (March 7)
* Jobs Data Suggest U.S. Is in Recession (March 8)
* Grim Reaper of Jobs Stalks the Street (March 11)
How do these affect your thinking first thing in the morning . . . as you head in to lead your company?
“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” — Jewish Proverb
Leaders must be intentional about their thought life. Everything they DO is traceable to how they THINK.
