True leaders do not make choices with reference to the opinion of the majority. They make choices based on the opinion of the truth and the truth can come from either the majority or the minority!

How do we know when our actions no longer serve our values? Here are five indicators for checkingthe connection.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and...

Great leadership, like great coffees, is built through substance, intentionality, and carefulness. To try otherwise is to create a "tale told by an idiot" (Macbeth).

At the end of one's leadership journey, this question remains: Did you leave behind an apocalyptic landscape littered with piles of broken people, or did you create a garden filled with elegant, redeemed human beings?

Adulation and adoration are THE great temptations for every leader (and follower). We begin to believe our own press and perseverate on our strengths and talents. This tunnel vision induces self-aggrandizement, causing leaders to lose focus on their values, their morals, and their ethics and, lemming-like, to follow that path off the cliff of self . . . .

Managing vs. Leading ... what's the difference?

If you think you’re a leader and you turn around and no one is following you, then you’re simply out for a walk (Anon).   Followership...

What's brown and sticky all over? ……………………………………………………….a STICK! (Sometimes called the world's funniest joke)   Combatting Stress Stress...

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood (Ralph Waldo Emerson). I love to read. There's something about...

A bad boss is like a disease of the soul (Chetan Bhagat). Unusual Attitudes Dad was a pilot. As a child and into my late teens, I flew...

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have...

Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen (Louis L'Amour). Tales from the Wild West...

Putting off the problem is poor leadership and forces someone else to pay the price!

One quick step to leading with intention!

Identity and community only have real meaning when they add to others' success.

Quick tips for building much-needed community!

“Tea. Earl Gray. Hot” (Jean Luc Picard) Angry ... frustrated ... rigid--this is how my good friend presented himself the last few times...

I'm a recovering workaholic. Can you relate? Read here for more!

Kicking the proverbial can down the road occurs for many reasons ... but the practitioner fails to realize that the bill always comes due.