Why Real Talk Matters As Leaders

Most of us are very good at telling someone what they want to hear.  In reality, that means that we are afraid of telling the truth or we have simply given up on the leader and don’t care.  Both of these are unacceptable outcomes and a place where any character Read more…

The Untold Secret Of Great Leaders

The celebrity super outgoing leadership style was desired by all but found by few.  It was assumed they had IT and the rest of us did not.  The groundbreaking research by Jim Collins destroyed this myth maybe more than any other.  Courtney Seiter does a great job of taking this Read more…

5 Habits Of Truly Disruptive Leaders

Stability of the process was an extremely valued outcome in the 1980’s when I started my corporate career.  The idea of disruption was clearly perceived as a threat to be avoided at all cost.  With todays changing global marketplace that is a luxury we no longer have.  Fast Company challenges Read more…

7 Tips For Managing High Impact Teams

I consume everything I can on teamwork.  There is so much confusion between the value of collaboration and the demise of direction and delegation.  I think all of these have value and Harvey Deutschendorf has some great thoughts: “Most business leaders can agree that teamwork is important for getting anything Read more…

The Empty Chair

The empty chair represents someone who was in your life and no longer is.  The chair is a constant reminder of this painful reality.  For me it started when my mother died when I was only 6.  I would look at old pictures just to see her sitting at the Read more…

Leadership Blind Spots

I have enough trouble with the issues I am aware of much less other things that I keep missing as a problem.  We call these things blind spots and I agree thats true for the first time around.  After that to me it’s an eyes wide open deliberate choice.  John Read more…