photo by Jesse Orrico Leadership Distinction #51: Execution As it applies to business strategy, it is broadly understood from countless surveys and testimonies that it is in the doing of strategies that is most often our undoing. The Execution of...
photo by US Army War College Leadership Distinction #50: Plans The now rather famous expression that reputedly emerged from the US military academy at West Point: “No Plan survives contact with the enemy” has to be one of the all time...
photo by Doug Swinson on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #49: Objective Everyone understands the noun, Objective, to mean a goal we seek to reach. And we also all understand the adjective, Objective, to describe a perspective that is stripped of...
photo by Glen Carstens-Peters on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #48: Situation The work of rescue operations in the U.S. Coast Guard renders an important, and almost always overlooked, lesson for people in business. Telecommunications with small...
photo by Hector J. Rivas on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #45: Coach As leaders strive on the path of change they can get stuck. They can get isolated, they can get discouraged. Leaders need a Coach – to make breakthroughs, to challenge their...
photo by Simone Pelle on Unsplash Leadership Distinction #44: Result ‘Results’ is a word commonly used in the language of business judgment. You’ll hear expressions like, “She gets results”, or, “Don’t talk to me about anything but results”. It...
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 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...