Is Your Leadership In The Right Gear? Part 1
For the next two weeks, Step Up Leader Tips borrows from a recent Leading Blog post on a topic that is fundamental to effective leadership and living: presence. How many times do we notice that we are physically here but our mind is somewhere else? This is a symptom of the inability to be present, […]
What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?
This week’s Step Up Leader Tips borrows from Rebecca Newton’s recent Harvard Business Review column. It grabbed my attention because in coaching leaders I find the fundamental question of “What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?” to be the one leaders often haven’t reflected upon. When they do, it has the power to […]
Efficiency is the Wrong Mindset for a Leader
This week’s Step Up Leader Tip borrows from “Leading Blog.” It’s relevant because leaders are often caught in the drive for “more, greater, faster,” believing that efficiency can be extracted through pushing harder. This may be applicable to factory work, but rarely works when applied to the complex team-oriented environment today’s leaders face. My experience […]
Seven Disciplines that Make Leadership Development Stick
Leadership sustainability is about the commitment to change; growth that is consistent with shifting requirements for the individual AND the organization
The Emotionally Competent Leader: Are you at peace or at war?
A leaders’ approach to conflict resolution can make life easier or tougher for their teams and organizations. Be at Peace, Not War.