High impact leaders are great weed-hackers. And because they’re so ruthlessly effective with their weed-hacking they have far greater impact than their non-hacking counterparts. What sets them apart? For one thing, weed-hacking leaders understand and embrace the 80-20 rule (Pareto Principle); they know that 80% of their leadership results come from 20% of the work…
3 Ways Leaders Can Achieve Much More than Mere “Balance”
Updated from June 2, 2014 post I hate to break it to you. But if you’re a leader looking for the elusive work-life balance, brace yourself. It doesn’t exist. At least, not for effective leaders. There are two basic problems with the quest for balance. First of all, no one can really define it. Does…
What To Do When Your Leadership Has Been Rattled
Updated from May 19, 2014 post Ever been rattled as a leader? Sure you have. It’s happened each time a project failed miserably. It’s happened each time you received a stinging criticism. No leader is immune to having their confidence shaken. And when it happens, depending how hard you’ve been rattled, it can cause you…
3 Warning Signs of an Impending Leadership Train Wreck
Have you ever witnessed a leadership train wreck? It’s not pretty, but it’s the invariable result when leadership aggression is not accompanied by leadership discernment. And it can leave carnage and destruction that can sometimes be beyond repair. But if you know the warning signs to look for, these train wrecks can be completely avoidable.…
How to be a Truth-Teller in the Trenches of Leadership
Have you ever had to speak truth from the trenches of leadership? It’s there, in the trenches, that the ability of a leader to be a truth teller is put to the test. You see, while everyone likes to be a truth-teller when everything is looking rosy, the real test of a leader’s character is…
