An Unfair Advantage, Part 1

An Unfair Advantage, Part 1

(This post was first published here on May 22, 2017.) Over my twenty-five years of studying great leaders, I’ve come to believe that some leaders, maybe only ten to twenty percent, have an unfair advantage when they compete against other leaders. This unfair advantage...
Being a Follower Worth Leading

Being a Follower Worth Leading

Yes, I wrote that correctly. Not only do we need to be leaders worth following, we also need to be followers worth leading. It takes two to tango, so if there is a leader, there is also a follower. Of course the great majority of what we do is focused around what it...
Circle of Safety

Circle of Safety

Three years ago I read Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek and enjoyed many aspects of it. One concept that stirred me up was his contention that people need to work in a “circle of safety” where they don’t ever have to worry about being fired. Sinek’s belief is...