Without good judgement, you can’t have good leadership. Because good judgement is the foundation to making good decisions. Good judgement allows you to size up a challenging situation, and to make the right call. Good judgement allows you to examine a fork-in-the-road moment and to discern the appropriate path. And because good judgement is so vital…
Leadership Beyond Data: Unlocking the Power of Nuanced Insight
Effective leaders know that while certain metrics require counting, there are also vital indicators that require weighing. Let’s face it. Leaders measure. It’s part of what we do. It’s in our “DNA”. We want to know how many, how much, how often, how far and how fast. But as seasoned leaders will tell you, while counting tells you some important…
Stop Drifting- A Line in the Sand Can Make All the Difference
If your leadership values haven’t caused you some pain or discomfort, they may not be values. They might just be good ideas. A value doesn’t become an integral part of your leadership until you’ve drawn a line in the sand. A line in the sand where your core values intersect with tangible leadership situations. Several…
Why Your Team Needs You to Disappear (Sometimes)
Leadership is about “showing up”; it’s often about leveraging your presence in a room in order to influence, to cast vision, to bring alignment and to build teams. But effective leaders are just as strategic about leveraging their absence in order to move their organizations forward. But here are four types of leadership absences that can…
Break Free from Assumptions: 3 Steps for Stronger Leadership
This article is part of my Global Leadership series; Insights from more than a decade of leadership training around the world… Leadership often requires the ability to make quick judgement calls. But when those quick assessments are based on weak assumptions, your leadership can be in trouble. If you want to maximize your leadership, you…
