by Jonathan | Dec 11, 2018 | Future Leader, Leadership
A Business Insider article I just read noted that Millennials have been “dubbed the ‘job-hopping’ generation.” Then they note that, Generation Z, the generation just younger than the Millennials, appears to be following the same path. I have a...
by Jonathan | Dec 10, 2018 | Future Leader, Leadership
Instead of being furious, be curious. I heard somebody say that the other day. The sentiment rang true for me. Furious is the easy reaction when somebody misses the deadline, misses the point, misses the interpretation. Many of us too easily default to furious –...
by Jonathan | Dec 5, 2018 | Future Leader, Leadership
“I want to come work for you, but I don’t know what you stand for. I don’t really know what you are trying to do in the world. I tried reading your mission statement, but I don’t get it. In addition, I am not sure how you measure success. I am...
by Jonathan | Dec 4, 2018 | Future Leader, Leadership
Leaders always respond to pressure in some way. The word “pressure” I am using in the broadest possible sense. The feedback you are hearing and feeling from your team is a pressure. The demands from your clients, whether expressed or insinuated, are a...
by Jonathan | Nov 26, 2018 | Future Leader, Leadership
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...
by Jonathan | Nov 16, 2018 | Future Leader, Leadership
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...
