Are You a Hero Leader?
Are you a "hero leader?" Do you like to swoop in and save the day? Do you see yourself as the white knight who can solve any problem or challenge? If you do, you have what I refer to as "hero leader syndrome." Any leader's belief that he or she can do everything better than anyone else (even if it's true) is a root cause of inhibiting workforce productivity. Creating unnecessary dependencies…
Leadership and Knowledge Management
It's one thing to possess the knowledge, but it's quite another thing to leverage it. Leaders who don't understand the value of distributable and actionable knowledge not only limit opportunities but they're also building huge contingent operating liabilities. One of the great challenges for any leader is to break down cultural tendencies that foster silo-centric thought patterns. Savvy leaders…
Generational Leadership
A leader's biggest struggle is not the routine of the familiar but the journey of the unknown. It’s getting from where they are to where they want to be strategically, tactically, organizationally, developmentally, and most importantly, relationally. It’s been said that the best way to impact your future is to change your present circumstances. And quite frankly, I can’t think of a better place…
Leadership & Mental Models
When was the last time you conducted an honest evaluation of your thought life? Does the integrity and quality of your thinking position you for success, or does your tendency toward intellectually dishonest rationalizations and justifications doom you to a life of chaos and failure? Few things in life are as important as your thought life, so in today's post, I'll examine the two things most…
Smart Leaders Do More Than Talk About Talent
Those of you familiar with my work know how much I detest politically correct sound-bites. Even worse - when those sound-bites are used in an attempt to make statements that embolden a corporate position that doesn't really exist, to begin with. Just because something is written in a vision or mission statement, placed on a website, included in company collateral material, or frequently espoused…
Lessons from Ronald Reagan
While scrutiny of any two-term president will reveal mistakes and flaws, the simple fact is that there are great lessons to be learned from Ronald Reagan. Few would argue that President Reagan was a true statesman, and most would also concur he was one of the greatest U.S. Presidents of the modern era. He overcame critics who thought him to be little more than an actor who was in over his head…
What Is the CEO Average Tenure and Should They Have Term Limits?
I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits and felt this topic worthy of discussion. You should know from the outset that I fundamentally disagree with the concept of CEO term limits, and quite frankly I cannot really come up with a valid reason for supporting such a regressive concept. Any such argument in my opinion is rooted either in flawed…
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