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.

What does it do for your leadership with your people when you show an interest in how someone is "doing"?

"... the first hundred days of a new job holds both a unique window of opportunity and a heightened state of risk" (Neff & Citrin).

Seeing people as the end and not simply the means to an end will transform your leadership!

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude (Karl Barth).

“Mastering others is strength; mastering oneself is true power” - Lao Tsu

How I found gratitude for a "monster" in my past.