General Leadership

AUGUST 31, 2015

Leadership success in one’s career and life requires more than just good technical skills, intelligence, toughness, determination, and vision. Daniel Goleman. These are certainly important and necessary, but they aren’t sufficient.

Emotional Intelligence 150

Emotional Intelligence Skills Goleman Self-aware 150

General Leadership

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Imagine being nineteen years old, in college, making good progress studying the administration of justice and having a very realistic goal of continuing on to law school for an eventual career as a lawyer.

Motivation 150

Motivation Career System Goal 150

General Leadership

MARCH 27, 2015

In my career as a General Officer and corporate executive , I have repeatedly been faced with the same conundrum: I know I need the right people for my organization but how do I go about making sure I choose the right ones?

Team 150

Team Advice Operations Career 150

General Leadership

JANUARY 28, 2015

I am sure that you have heard this at some time in your career. Leaders hold a position of power and influence. Those who lead inspire us.”. Simon Sinek. Act like you are in charge.” What does it mean to you? Does it mean that you have to storm around the office using a stern, gruff tone?

Simon 150

Simon Influence Career System 150

General Leadership

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Although it is hard to fathom that the very grandfather of the Positive Thinking Movement initially gave up on the book that launched his career, this story should remind us to be wary of falling prey to the devastating form of fatigue that threatens to undermine our dreams, kill our creativity, and diminish our impact.

Resistance 415

Resistance Open-book Letter Creativity 415

General Leadership

MAY 7, 2014

Either we’re driving ourselves forward to achieve greater neutrality and operational affectivity over our emotional reactions, or our emotions are driving our careers and our possibility for advancement backward due to our lack of control. You lose all around. It’s just that simple.

Emotional Intelligence 419

Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Short-term Goleman 419

General Leadership

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Alan Mulally , the former CEO of Boeing , started his career there as an aerospace engineer. The difference is the time it takes to build a framework upon which to hang those leadership principles in an unfamiliar organization. In 2006, he transitioned to the CEO of Ford Motor Company.

Mentor 415

Mentor Motivation Organization Kotter 415

General Leadership

MAY 2, 2014

Looking to the future, it is our quest and commitment to do all we can to cross career-field cultural boundaries and learn from each other. Our desire at The General Leadership Foundation is to interweave the universal principles of leadership in our conversations with you–one opportunity at a time.

Planning 305

Planning Webinar Video Learning-by-Doing 305

General Leadership

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Throughout my own career I have made it a priority to seek out bosses, coworkers, mentors and assignments that would help me grow. I’ve done so even if it meant leaving people scratching their head wondering why I didn’t take the “safe bet” or press forward with the “sure thing.”

Commitment 419

Commitment Mentor Examples Compliance 419

General Leadership

APRIL 9, 2014

‘In your careers you will meet many people. I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward the quiz grade. ‘Absolutely,’ said the professor. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care.’”

Learning-by-Doing 395

Learning-by-Doing Open-book Resistance Class 395

General Leadership

OCTOBER 20, 2015

In addition to tarnishing a university’s once-sterling reputation, shattering the trust of an entire sport, and prematurely ending the career of a coach with the most victories in collegiate history leaves all of us wondering, “How can something like this happen?”. The sad truth is that their failure didn’t happen overnight.…

Sports 150

Sports Reputation Advice Career 150

General Leadership

DECEMBER 15, 2013

His athletic career was finished. He sought solace in running, but an ankle injury, incurred in POW camp and exacerbated by the Bird’s beatings, hampered him. Just as he was reaching Olympic form again, his ankle failed.

Learning-by-Doing 414

Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Examples Power 414

General Leadership

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Mandela innately understood many of life’s greatest lessons are learned when we lose something we value—a relationship, a career, our freedom. It will cause us to think in deficit terms, more concerned with what we may lose rather that which we may gain by enduring a season of hardship or pain.

Learning-by-Doing 406

Learning-by-Doing Short-term Positioning Commitment 406

General Leadership

MARCH 5, 2014

In addition to tarnishing a university’s once-sterling reputation, shattering the trust of an entire sport, and prematurely ending the career of a coach with the most victories in collegiate history leaves all of us wondering, “How can something like this happen?”. The sad truth is that their failure didn’t happen overnight.

Reputation 410

Reputation Commitment Sports Influence 410