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The Harder Work of Leadership Development: Cultivating Purpose and Judgment
Most formal leadership programming focuses on developing competencies — from managing conflict to leading change. No...
A Skeptic’s Observations on Leadership
Having just finished another article on leadership, I’m reminded of why I find most modern treatments of the subject...
Making Tough Career Choices: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both… Robert Frost Last year, during one of our...
Why “Soft” Skills Aren’t Really Soft
Today, emerging leaders will likely have a college degree, technical qualifications (making them theoretically...
What Leaders Can Learn from the “World Happiness Report”
In Chapter 9 of The 9 Virtues of Exceptional Leaders, titled “Hope,” Rob and I devote several paragraphs to discussing...
How to Deal with Dissent
When it comes to dissent, my perspective is perhaps somewhat unusual if not unique. As a middle manager for 20 years,...
Five Game Changing Resolutions for Leaders
New Year’s Resolutions have become something of a cliché in our culture, even the butt of jokes. Why? Because our...
Leadership Assessment: Power of Introspection
“I'm starting with the man in the mirror. I'm asking him to change his ways and no message could've been any clearer....
Leading Up
“How do you lead up in an organization?” Or the derivative, “How can I lead without having any power?” Those questions...
