There has been building for some time in a great number of organizations a momentous catastrophe that if not acknowledged and acted upon will have devastating results. This event, a Leadership Cliff, will occur in these organizations because effective leaders are not...
I went to the grocery store and bought 21 items. The cashier folded my receipt multiple times and I stuck it in my pocket and when I returned home I laid it on my desk so later I could enter the amount I spent in my accounting program. I had done this many times and...
Being a servant leader doesn’t mean you have to say yes every time someone asks for your assistance. Some people however, being hard-wired to say yes, find it difficult to say no even to the point of feeling guilty when they do. Scott Ginsberg, the Nametag Guy, wrote...
“I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.” George Bernard Shaw This quote came to mind as I struggled with a situation that has pitted a group of logical thinking leaders on one side of an issue and on...
What do you do when, despite your best effort, the person or organization you are attempting to collaborate with just isn’t performing? You may have experienced the following behaviors: No communication They say they will do something but don’t They do something but...
