How Will You Lead Today?

Kevin Kruse in Great Leaders Have No Rules offers 10 contrarian principles to stimulate our thinking. I‘d like to share them with you to stimulate your thinking: Close Your Open Door- to foster autonomy and empowerment of your team (and yourself!) Shutoff Your...

Don’t Micro-Manage; Inspire Your People

Leadership involves more than caring about the people you lead; it requires that they feel your authentic concern. Stephen Covey, makes this important point in his book “Trust & Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others”.  Most people want to...

Accountability Gives Winners An Advantage

If you believe that accountability is all about finding ways to blame people when things go wrong, you’re missing the big picture. It’s time to change your mindset. In a recent article in Investors Business Daily, Steve notes that accountability done right can be a...

Are You Pursuing a Goal or a Mission?

In 1961 President Kennedy set a goal for the United States: ”I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” In 1962, the President and James Webb, then...