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Future Leader as information pump

What we think you know, you don’t know. What we expect you to know, you don’t know. What we want you to know, you don’t know. And, guess what, it’s not anything you are doing wrong. It’s on the leader. I once heard a leader described as...

Leaders aren’t born, they emerge

You have spent years training for the technical part of your job. That time was probably spent in some combination of advanced education, on the job training, corporate training and development, certifications, and collegial mentoring. Maybe you have pored over...

Being selective about accepting and assigning work

There is the effort we, as leaders, observe. There is the effort that we, as leaders, can imagine. Then, there is the actual effort that our team members put in to any initiative being handed down from on high. A “simple” project may have a number of...

How we show up as leaders

I recently listened to an interview Tim Ferriss did with Doug McMillon, CEO of Wal Mart. Here’s a guy who is head of the Fortune number 1 company with over 2 million employees, $500 billion in revenue, etc. Wal Mart is bigger than many countries. What struck me...

Can I be honest?

Can I tell you that I disagree, or will you get offended? Can I make suggestions on your slide deck, or will you get curt? Do you prefer I just nod my head and agree with you, or do you actually want to know what I think? Just asking. It’s important to me to...