Leadership impact happens when you maximize your time, energy and focus on areas that matter the most. But beware of the forces that can drag you slowly but surely towards the seductive realm of lesser matters. This is core leadership, versus peripheral leadership. I recently spoke with a leader who was dealing with a major…
How to Bring Clarity Through Tuning-Fork Leadership
Take a minute and ask yourself these questions: Is everyone in the organization clear on our overall direction? Is everyone clear on our highest present priorities? Does everyone see how their contribution fits into the big picture? If any of these questions cause your leadership alarm bells to go off, it might be time for…
4 Ways that Follow-Up Can Add Horsepower to Your Leadership
Are you a delegator or an abdicator? Both types of leaders hand off assignments to others, and both expect positive results. But that’s where the similarity ends. Because once the abdicator has handed off the project they wipe their hands of it and move on to other priorities. More often than not the abdicator will…
Why My Best Day is the Day I Plan Nothing
If you were to look at my Outlook Calendar, two things would stand out. First of all, from Monday to Thursday you’d find that I schedule everything. Everything! I work ruthlessly to align my daily calendar with my highest priorities, and I’ve learned that for me, if I don’t pro-actively drop my ‘big rocks’ into…
