Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I’ve hired externally many times in my career. The IT organization was already understaffed and the company’s growth predictions were to double within the year. In these situations, I feel it was a failure of our organization – myself included – to properly plan for the future.

Development 181

Development Training Performance Review Business Objectives 181

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2015

Our world is saturated with advertising, marketing and branding, but are you missing the big picture? Do your followers recognize you as a leader or a manager? A servant leader or a narcissistic one? Too many individuals do not think of their careers and lives this way. Logos, Brands, Slogans.

Leadership 150

Leadership Brand Definition Emotional Intelligence 150

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2015

Our world is saturated with advertising, marketing and branding, but are you missing the big picture? Do your followers recognize you as a leader or a manager? A servant leader or a narcissistic one? Too many individuals do not think of their careers and lives this way. Logos, Brands, Slogans.

Leadership 150

Leadership Brand Definition Emotional Intelligence 150

Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 3, 2011

Right now you’re on a roll – over the last few years, you’ve made huge impact on your company, your organization, and/or your community – maybe even the world (it’s becoming easier to do so with the internet). In this world I’ve learned that there are very few quick fixes, despite what you might hear from marketers.

Greenleaf 214

Greenleaf Maslow Blog Goleman 214

N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

While it is clearly not necessary for an executive to have military experience to be an effective leader, I would submit that today’s business leaders would do well to possess the characteristics of a warrior in their pursuit to become better leaders and to build better organizations.

Leadership 284

Leadership Gordon Blog Brand 284

Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

Part II, if a leader is able to have the tough conversation, is to have it with the poise and caring that allows everyone to walk away understanding why the conversation was necessary. The Servant Leader by: James Autry You must give more to your culture than you take from it. I just read Multipliers this morning.

Leadership 102

Leadership Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Open-book 102

Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 31, 2010

This book highlights Paul’s significant experience in a 40-year career of managing people and as a well-respected consultant to managers and their organizations across the globe. Frontline supervisors and managers up to the mid level in an organization could best benefit from the book content.

Skills 181

Skills Books Blog Mentor 181

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

In the public arena, we vote for our leaders (this may provide the most obvious connection to our responsibility for bad leadership): In this case, we might ignore bad past behavior before we cast our vote. We may be snowed by the public relations machine that “markets” a poor leader. Worse yet, we may not vote for anyone.

Leadership 150

Leadership Follow-up Blog Greenleaf 150

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

In a highly productive organization the power and influence of your voice is earned through trust and performance, and not entitlement. Team building basics are often overlooked by ineffective leaders or unproductive companies. However great leaders and highly productive organizations always focus on team building as a key priority.

Consensus 325

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 325

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Consider where you want yourself and your organization to be in a year or more. When this happens they aren’t motivated to update their headshots, create video marketing or present themselves as speakers. Come into the office early, before others arrive and the phone starts ringing. Energy levels are also affected.

Learning-by-Doing 185

Learning-by-Doing Blog Class Open-book 185