Every leader leads two teams; there’s the team you inherited, and there’s the team you built. This key truth has been one of the most important lessons I’ve ever learned with respect to team leadership. The team you inherited were already in place before you showed up. They had been assembled by your predecessor, and…
3 Ways Your Inner-World Can Sharpen Your Leadership
The health of your inner-world directly affects your ability to lead effectively. Leaders are often uncomfortable in dealing with their inner world; matters of the heart. But the health of your inner world has a direct and profound bearing on your effectiveness as a leader. If your inner world is in order you will project a…
‘I Was Wrong’ vs ‘I Made a Mistake’- A Vital Leadership Distinction
“I’m sorry. I made a mistake.” How many times have you heard a leader offer up that kind of explanation for something they’ve done? Got caught fudging the numbers? “I’m sorry. I made a mistake.” Told a blatant lie? “I’m sorry. I made a mistake.” Had an inappropriate relationship? “I’m sorry. I made a mistake.”…
10 Unmistakable Signs You’re Talking Like a Leader
Leaders talk like leaders. There is a rhythm, a cadence and an unmistakable style of communicating that can instantly be recognized in effective leaders. It’s a way of communicating that mobilizes teams, that instills confidence and that clarifies directions. Leaders talk like leaders. Like any language, the skill of talking like a leader can…
My Favorite Quotes from the 2017 Global Leadership Summit
“Hire for the people you are going to need, not the people you currently need.” Sheryl Sandberg That quote from the 2017 Global Leadership Summit was one I immediately wrote down, underlined 3 times, and added an exclamation mark. In one easy to remember phrase, Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook gave Summit leaders a breakthrough way…
