The Shift – (cont’d) Surviving Your Transition to the Top
IT’s lonely at the top. If I could summarize one key point in surviving a major promotion it would be this: To Thine Own Self Be True. Those people who have a solid, humble sense of self before the transition usually don’t go off the deep end even when such a radical shift occurs. Warren Buffet is […]
The Contemplative Leader
The unexamined life is not worth living. – Plato In management there is a bias towards action, and necessarily so. Managers get things done through people and they manage production, output, outcomes, and systems. The last expectation we have of a manager or executive leader is that they spend hours, or even a whole day per week thinking and reflecting […]
The S H I F T: What no one tells you about how a big promotion alters your life – part 1
1. Titles do matter “Oh, I’ll just be the same guy you always knew. Just with a new corner office. Title means nothing to me” But titles do matter. That’s why they’re given. It seems so modest to say you are the same “Gary from the block” (J-Lo tried it, after all). But not only is […]
Leadership Lessons from “The Dog Whisperer” – Part 2
This is part two of my series on leadership lessons from watching the Dog Whisperer TV show (His new show is called “Leader of the Pack”). As Cesar Millan says, “I rehabilitate dogs but I train people”. Your team needs your “Calm Assertive Energy” The number one personality type of the most hated bosses (and […]
Leadership Lessons from “The Dog Whisperer” – Part 1
I began watching the Dog Whisperer several years ago in the midst of tremendous personal, spiritual and professional change. While we did have a dog for 13 years, I am decidedly not a dog person, yet I found myself riveted to the TV set every Friday, having something inside of me get awakened and healed […]
Courage, Part 2 – If You don’t have it, you can GET it!
A courageous leader knows that there is a cost in genuine leadership Malala Yousafzai is a teenage Pakistani school student who, in retaliation for her high profile campaign for education and criticism of the Taliban, was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman. Thankfully, she survived the wound and has become a leading spokesperson for human […]
Courage: If you don’t have it, you can GET it – Part 1
One of the most memorable scenes in movie history reminds us that some attributes of character that may not be innate may be acquired. In the case of courage, this is an essential acquisition. The sooner the better! What does a courageous leader look like and how can we become one? One well known leadership […]
