Category Archives: leadership
50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #22
22. Leaders can laugh. At themselves. One of the aspects of a mature seasoned leader is confidence. Confidence is an interesting thing, when you have it you know when to take yourself seriously and when to realize you are being … Continue reading
50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #21
21. Leaders love to work with other leaders. The other day I met a guy who was in charge of a large corporation. I knew from the minute he opened his mouth to talk I was going to like working … Continue reading
50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #20
20. Leaders make mistakes — and make no bones about it. Yes they do and they do not like to make them. Ultimately they realize that making mistakes is a prerequisite of learning. Learning is at the very core of … Continue reading
50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #19
19. Leaders bring in different dudes. Who is the best person for the vacancy in your team, department, division etc? The person with the best skills abilities and cultural fit. Certainly there are other factors as well but you want … Continue reading
50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #18
18. Leaders are good at forgetting. I was amused to read Peters’ discussion on this point. He used Enron as an example. How inappropriate does that seem NOW?! No I am not going to talk about Enron. I won’t do … Continue reading
50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #17
17. Leaders are natural empowerment freaks. How can a leader magnify the efforts of the team toward a goal without regularly and ruthlessly empowering others? Trick question they can’t. The real question is do you know how to effectively empower your team?No?There … Continue reading
Pat Lencioni: Leading in a Down Economy
I read an interesting article by Patrick Lencioni this morning that reminded me of the post I put up the other week. Patrick argued in his article “Well, so far I’ve resisted jumping onto the “down economy” bandwagon, not wanting to contribute … Continue reading
AWOL Leadership: It has Been a While
It’s been a while since I last posted here on the site. Sorry about that but the day job gets in the way from time to time and the last 6 months have been at my capacity constantly. What … Continue reading
What Does a Leader look like? Confident
Confidence There are some things that you just know. Confidence is one of those things. We know it when we see it. No there is no confidence behavior rather there are a number of behaviors that tell us that a … Continue reading
What Does a Leader look like?
Wouldn’t it be nice if every leader had some unmistakeable label, sign or other outward appearance that allowed us to recognize them at first sight? it would certainly save some time. after all we could get right to the … Continue reading
