photo by Jenny Marvin on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #40: Circularity Of equal importance to your observational power as a leader is your interpretive power – how you explain to yourself the meaning of your experience. Borrowing once again from...
photo by Mark Konig on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #39: Systems Leadership Distinction #39: Systems From a rather personal perspective, two significant things occurred in 1956. For one thing, MIT Professor Jay Forrester developed a holistic...
photo by Lubo Minar on Unsplash Leaders must bring forth the change they intend. This is leading. Leadership Distinction #38: Induction An obstetrician induces a mother’s labor to bring forth a new baby into the world. The mother and doctor work...
photo by Jodi Multimedia on Unsplash What will you forge from the next Crucible event in your life. It’s coming. Leadership Distinction #37: Crucible Did you know that you actually generate heat when you think? Focus produces friction. And...
photo by Quino Al on Unsplash Leaders, forget about trying to be ‘great’. Competence will see you through. Leadership Distinction #36: Competence If there’s a phrase I would eradicate from common usage it is the one that so many media...
photo by peter-neumann on Unsplash This must be made clear: Managers May Lead, but Leaders Must Manage Leadership Distinction #35: Manager The term Manager has rapidly lost its luster, within only a few decades after Peter Drucker...
photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash We often choose first, then reason why Leadership Distinction #34: Committed “Follow your gut.” “Follow your heart.” This is the advice you’ll hear from friends and allies when you share with them the pressure...
photo by Shirly Niv Marton on Unsplash Make sure Your Why for Being in Business is aligned with the King and Queen Leadership Distinction #33: Motivation Cash is king, still. But I read a statement made by a group of CEOs the other day, in which...
photo by Todd Turner on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #32: Power Increase your Power in this world (but probably not the way you think) Ever notice how the topics that pepper our business conversations involve sheets? Balance sheets, term sheets...
by Prescilla du-Preez on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #31: Authority Is your team following your lead, or complying with your Authority? Persons with higher levels of responsibility in organizations are often referred to as leaders. But how much...