Leadership legacies are built more on kindness than they are on accomplishments. Kindness is action-oriented, and is an essential component to influencing lasting impact. Think of the qualities you have found in leaders who have had the greatest personal impact in your life. I’m sure that words like courageous, decisive, and visionary are somewhere on…
How To Avoid Fire-Drill Leadership To Build Your Leadership Effectiveness
If everything is an emergency, nothing is an emergency. The truth of this leadership axiom is lost on many leaders who seem to lurch their leadership, and their team, from one panic-riddled crisis to another. I was once on a team led by such a leader. “All hands on deck!”, “Emergency meeting!” and “Everyone into the conference room,…
4 Timeless Leadership Lessons You Can Learn From Endless Zoom Meetings
The way you lead virtually can make a big difference in how you lead in-person. The pandemic ushered in a new world of virtual meetings, and this has meant new challenges and opportunities for leaders. And as we have embraced Zoom meetings as a new reality of our leadership world, we have also seen that…
How To Grow in Leadership Effectiveness by Embracing Your Fear Factor
Whoever coined the phrase “fearless leader” must not have been a leader. Because “fear” and “leadership” go together hand in hand. Talk to any effective leader and they will tell you that fear has been a lifelong companion on their leadership journey. Anytime you push the envelope, launch a new initiative, or stake out new territory, you…
How To Unleash the Power of the Spinal Tap Leadership Principle
Leadership requires “10 out of 10” level performance day in and day out. But there are times when a leader must go even beyond “10 out of 10”. Sometimes a leader must punch their amp up to “11”. Fans of the classic comedy film This is Spinal Tap know exactly what I’m talking about. This “mock-umentary” about…
