INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) I get asked frequently how I keep perspective and stay so positive-minded in today’s increasingly troubling world (insert … [Read more...]
Issue #181: The Most Read Issues of 2024
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Berkshire Hathaway’s latest Annual Report was recently released, and it opened with a wistful letter from the company’s … [Read more...]
Issue #173: A Killer Tool for Staying Focused, Planting Seeds of Growth vs. Doubt, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) If you struggle, even occasionally, with concentrating and staying focused in “crunch time” (or anytime), here’s help. … [Read more...]
Issue #171: When your Manager Doesn’t Coach You, Becoming Known as a Great Problem-Solver, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Want to be known as a great-problem solver? Then mirror the defining characteristics of the best problem-solvers, summed up … [Read more...]
Issue #122: On Warren Buffett’s Egg-Timer Lesson, the 10/10/10 Decision Making Test, and More
INSIGHTS (on leadership/self-leadership) Author Suzy Welch told CNBC: Make It about a life lesson she learned from Warren Buffett, in the oddest of … [Read more...]
Issue #42: On the 2 Words that Inspired the Cincinnati Bengals to a Super Bowl, a Lesson on Living from 007, and More
INSIGHTS Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor is getting a lot of attention given his teams improbable rise to the Super Bowl. In a reflective interview, he shared something … [Read more...]
Want to Unlock Your Team’s Potential? Do These 8 Things
Follow this list to foster results that last
Are you enabling your employees? I’m not talking about “being an enabler,” but the true meaning of enabling, which is making someone able by giving them power, means, competence or … [Read more...]
Google Discovered the 10 Traits of the Best Managers in an Unexpected Way
Google's definition of what makes the very best managers will help you be your very best
It’s not every day you learn of a really smart company setting out to prove that managers don’t matter. But that’s exactly what Google did … [Read more...]
Maryland Football Just Showed Leaders What Not to Do When Dealing With a Toxic Employee
All the wrong plays from the wrong playbook. That's what University of Maryland leadership just executed
The beat goes on with administrative leaders and coaches in college football embroiled in case studies of poor leadership. First, the Notre Dame scandal, then Ohio … [Read more...]
Basketball Coach Tom Izzo’s Screaming Rant Was Over the Line. It’s a Lesson for All Leaders in Accountability
March Madness brought out madness in the Michigan State coach--and it's worth getting mad over.
Like much of the country on Thursday, I was keeping one eye on March Madness--the summit of college basketball--when both of my eyes were drawn to something slightly … [Read more...]
