The idea of “leadership credit,” the topic of my last Leading Thoughts, has continued to stir for a great many of you. So here are three important truths that I want you to add to your understanding of this essential feature of your leadership. Remember that leadership credit is the [read more]
There are many aspects of great leadership that can be taught and just as many that have to come intuitively, as though from a secret sense. Let me describe one of these latter ones here. We have many tools today for analyzing personality, discerning what motivates people, and unearthing what [read more]
If I walk up to anyone in your firm tomorrow, I should be able to ask about two things and get clear answers. First, what is the vision of the firm. Second, what are your current goals. Let’s talk about the goals. The inexperienced often think of goal setting as [read more]
There is a single question I want you to ask of yourself regarding every person who works for you. If you do, it will make a massive difference in how you lead. Let me explain. There is no question that business is about offering services and creating products in pursuit [read more]
There are some truths that come naturally to us in our lives and some we labor to make our own. To put it in the language of the old writers, some truths are “hard won.” The truth that I came to slowly, but cherish now, is the truth of the [read more]