Living (and Leading) In Reality
“Any business craving of the leader, however foolish, will be quickly supported by detailed rates of return and strategy studies prepared by his troops.” - Warren Buffett The sprinter Eric Liddell is most famous [...]
Leading Beyond the Chain of Command
“Leaders need to understand that some of their ability to lead a team comes from the tendency of people to respect the chain of command. But to really reach the next level of organizational [...]
Seeing Past Our Blinders
“For leaders there is an organizational responsibility to attempt to recognize our biases, or at least recognize the thinking traps that lead to biased conclusions. This is especially critical when it involves decisions about [...]
Humility + Will
Level 5 leadership was defined as the highest form of leader and the style present in all the great companies and in none of the comparison companies. Twenty-three years after its initial publication, Good [...]
The Loneliness Factor
When I was a hospital executive, each year I would wait with anticipation for the annual employee engagement survey process to begin. The responses were a critical measure of the internal views of the [...]
The Value of a True Influencer
"Rowing a race is an art, not a frantic scramble. It must be rowed with head power as well as hand power." George Pocock The book “The Boys in the Boat” recounts the exploits [...]
The Right Kind of Conflict
Several years ago, my wife and I were living in Nashville with our youngest son. Our two older adult sons were also living in the same city. Our family would frequently go together on [...]