Posts Tagged ‘leadership fitness’
Your Ideas Matter
In many organizations, the best ideas are never advanced. Otherwise smart and seasoned, many leaders choose not to speak up. Powerful forces, working overtime in the space between our ears, conspire to paralyze us at the point of action. These saboteurs would have us believe that we are not good enough. These saboteurs would have… Continue Reading Your Ideas Matter
Read MoreIdeas That Fly
Our deepest fear is that we will run out of places to hide — that one day there will be no boss who allows us to remain invisible and no political or economic circumstance that stops us from doing the most important work of our lives. We are the ultimate paradox. There are only two… Continue Reading Ideas That Fly
Read MoreIntelligent Disobedience
As a lifelong student of the art of leadership, I learned early that there is a delicate bond between leaders and their followers. For starters, there is the study of obedience by Stanley Milgram. In this classical experiment, subjects continued to administer what they thought were electric shocks to individuals on the other side of… Continue Reading Intelligent Disobedience
Read MoreDon't Be a BOSS-STRICH
Bosses come and bosses go. Even when we’re a boss, we have our own boss or bosses we need to manage. One of the more difficult boss-related transitions for leaders is dealing with a new boss. Like most changes in our lives, getting a new boss can be disruptive. We are faced with stepping back… Continue Reading Don't Be a BOSS-STRICH
Read MoreU2 Can B an ACE
During WW1, fighter pilots successfully downing 5 enemy planes were designated as ACEs. My challenge for you is considerably less dangerous. My A.C.E. formula for effective performance is: Alkalize Calendarize Exercise Consuming more alkaline-producing foods reduces the energy drain we experience when digesting the highly acidic diet most common in the western part of the… Continue Reading U2 Can B an ACE
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