We expected this pandemic would take a year or so, then it would be back to normal. We expected most people to rally to the cause of protecting their neighbors and not their own self-interests. We expected a safer world would return, yet it is getting decidedly less safe. We expected a rest from political … Continue reading (Not So) Great Expectations
Influence
Tools for Tough Times: Encouraging Others
Many people endure setback, disease, and disaster with calm and focus. They divorce amicably. They relocate and change careers with little disruption. Some go through major disaster and significant duress with strength and calm. It is not that they are somehow better than the rest of us. It is most often due to their paradigm, … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Encouraging Others
Maximum Maxims
Great quotes and useful life lessons. “Judge not, lest you be judged.” —Jesus “Time and patience are the strongest warriors.” —Leo Tolstoy "Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you'll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you'll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but … Continue reading Maximum Maxims
Maximum Maxims
Useful quotes and life tips. “Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.” — Jose Ortega y Gasset “Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.” — Zeno “Space I can recover. Time, never.” — Napoleon Bonaparte “You never know who’s swimming naked until the tide goes … Continue reading Maximum Maxims
Adaptive Leaders: The Leader’s Care
“If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.” – Daniel Goleman Effective adaptive leaders are continually working … Continue reading Adaptive Leaders: The Leader’s Care
Maximum Maxims
Here a few maxims that I find useful and fruitful in my life. Enjoy! “We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out.” — Teddy Roosevelt “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” — Epictetus “The best revenge … Continue reading Maximum Maxims
Adaptive Leaders: Self-awareness
"As a man thinks within himself, so he is." - King Solomon “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”- Winston Churchill Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner's great book, “The Leadership Challenge,” makes the case for leadership as a learnable skill set. Their point is that … Continue reading Adaptive Leaders: Self-awareness
Adaptive Leaders: The People
“Never underestimate change. What seems simple at the top is magnified at lower echelons and is extremely disruptive. It is a festering crisis that needs attention from senior management or else loyalty, efficiency, and productivity will suffer.” - Wheeler L. Baker The quote above is true; what seems like a simple challenge, a straight-forward change, … Continue reading Adaptive Leaders: The People
Adaptive Leadership: Relational and Influential
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” — Lao Tzu Leadership is about people, and the focus of the effective leader is in large part the people who are being led and the beneficiaries of the enterprise that … Continue reading Adaptive Leadership: Relational and Influential
Effective Adaptive Leadership
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.“ — John Quincy Adams If you are seeking to make your leadership effective even in the face of adaptive challenges, the following few posts will identify key factors you can apply to your own leadership development. … Continue reading Effective Adaptive Leadership
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