Leadership Lesson: Leadership is about building others, engaging their best, and challenging them toward their best, to build toward a common goal.
This previous post had broken down the power and influence of leadership impact and introduced this series of posts covering where the wake from a leader’s actions can be observed and felt.
It outlined how…
Leadership Lesson: Sharing lessons ensures the continuity of the lessons, sharpens our own understanding, and allows us to improve the lessons through our own experiences.
Among all the other lessons we try to pass on to our kids, what are the leadership lessons we can pass on to our children to put them on the right path…
Leadership Lesson: Beyond being in the position to gets things done, we also serve as a representative of our organization, where we are the face and ambassador of our group’s quality, ability, and reputation.
How do others outside of your organization view you? Not your leadership, not your organization, not your workforce. YOU.
Leadership, for the most part,…
Leadership Lesson: It’s important for leaders — or any of us, for that matter — to be aware of how we convey our opinions, because the they are shared by a leader can set the stage, for better or worse, for the environment.
This previous post had broken down…
This previous post had broken down the power and influence of leadership impact and introduced this series of posts covering where the wake from a leader’s actions can be observed and felt.
It outlined how a leader — or anyone, for that matter — can create and leave behind…
Aside from what a leader does in the workplace or mission environment itself, what do you take away from how your leader carries him- or herself around other people?
Do you use those moments to pick up on certain attributes you admire, are indifferent toward, or could actually denounce?
In general, there seems to…
Are you a hypocrite?
Yes, that’s a real question that seeks an honest and self-reflective response. Whether it’s in your work or personal life, do you ask others to do things you won’t? Or, conversely, do ask others not to do something you do?
Oftentimes, we look at situations that we’re involved in, whether in life…
When it comes down to it, leadership isn’t about title but instead about making an impression, being invested, and wielding influence. Even the smallest of steps and actions of impression, investment, and influence can both make a difference and set the example for others.
One would be amazed how easy it is to influence people in a positive manner through…
In a recent interview on WBUR’s Here and Now, Caitlyn Jenner spoke about her life, covering topics spanning from her early life, to winning Olympic decathlon gold as Bruce Jenner, up into her revelation of her lifelong identification as female. Jenner also covers these topics and more in her new book.
An interesting part of…
So much goes into our leadership and development — in the present, for the future, and from the past.
Years of education and experiences combine to make up who and what we are today. It is up to us to take into consideration what is in our…
Politics can play out everywhere, at every level of any kind of organization, in varying levels of severity and impact, from the most obvious and extreme positions to the sleight, unseen, or subtle plays, no matter the industry, field, or environment.
Lately, Washington has been the epitome of overreaching and dismissive authority for the sake…
Leadership Lesson: Make sure you don’t allow others to take anything away from you. Period.
Are you allowing others to dictate the course of your leadership and professional development? The development of those abilities and skills may be more out of your control than you know or would prefer.
But that’s only if you let it be that…
Weekly leadership and professional development lessons seem to be ripe for the taking in the era of the Trump Administration.
This past week, President Trump continued declaring his distrust of the media, hammering the mainstream outlets during his now-infamous first major press conference since assuming the Presidency.
During the presser, which he peppered with more unsubstantiated claims,…
Disrupting the balance in an environment undermines the steps one can take to evolve and improve the environment. Through disruption which is too powerful and “unhinged,” you risk not just resetting policies, but relationships.
Politics aside, leadership needs to be about assurance and reassurance. Part of those assurances is that, in addition to meeting the goal desired by and for the…
Politics aside, what can we learn from each other?
In this particular example, how do you try and convince someone of your position?
Do you do it in an abrasive manner — yelling, ridiculing, and denouncing the thoughts of that person you’re trying to convince — or do you take the time to…
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