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Leaders Without Borders: Interview with author Doug Dickerson
My friend Doug Dickerson has written a new book, Leaders Without Borders: 9 Essentials for Everyday Leaders for which I was honored to write the foreword. Doug is a leadership consultant, columnist,...
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Your Leadership Landscape
This time of year the use of “landscape” is often used figuratively for considering the present and future. What lies on the horizon? What dots the leadership landscape? That’s not the way I’m using...
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Be Good In the Moment: Guest Blog by Nick Arnette
I met Nick Arnette many years ago when I first moved to Denver. Nick is a professional comedian and speaker (and now lives in Los Angeles). One of the things I like about Nick is that he works clean...
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Why Leaders Need to Read the News
I often read authors and hear speakers who warn their audiences not to read or watch the news. Why? Because newspapers and news shows are so full of negativity. While this is certainly true, the...
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Caretake This Moment
The quote is from Epictetus, the Stoic philosopher. The concept is as powerful now as when he said it nearly 1900 years ago. His advice has withstood the test of time. I’ve noticed that when you take...
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Stay Calm or Get Excited?
Image via Wikipedia One key to effective leadership is to know when to stay calm and when to get excited. I was reminded of that reading the newspaper today. One journalist advised that investors stay...
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How to Succeed When Things are Up, Down or Sideways
I have a great appreciation for professional baseball players, especially the ones who perform consistently over time at the highest level of competition. Albert Pujols, for instance, hit .313 or...
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Was Labor Day Just Another Day Off? Guest blog by Eric Chester
Eric Chester is a long time friend and valued colleague whose work I greatly respect. He’s spent years looking at generational difference in the workplace and how to manage and lead younger employees....
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Another Fred’s Optimism
Since writing The Fred Factor about an extraordinary postal carrier named Fred Shea, I’ve encountered and learned about many other “Freds” who embrace the same spirit of service. I came across one...
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The Power of Passion
Ability determines what you can do. Aptitude determines what you can learn to do. Aspiration determines what you hope to do. Attitude determines what you believe you can do. But passion determines...
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Awesome isn’t Automatic
Follow Someone next to me on a recent flight was reading a book. The subtitle included “stop doubting your awesomeness.” That made me wonder: is awesomeness automatic? Is the real challenge doubting...
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Dealing with Difficulties: 7 Ways to Get Unstuck
Follow Few would disagree that life is frequently difficult, challenging and tough. Whether that is part of the grand design or not matters little. What matters is our response. How we deal with...
View ArticleExpect Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
I’m making a bold prediction about what your holidays will be like: They will be pretty much as you expect. Okay, so maybe it isn’t a bold prediction, but it is accurate. If you go into the holidays...
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