A Sling and a Miss: 6 Keys to Building a Growth Mindset
With the right attitude, we can benefit from failure as much as from success if we approach challenges with a growth mindset; here’s how.
Leadership Preparedness: 4 Things to Keep in Mind on your Next New Adventure
Leadership preparedness is about anticipating. As I prepare for an upcoming canoe trip, I share four things that can help us all be better prepared to lead our teams on the next big adventure.
The Secret of the Centurion: What Was his Key to Leadership?
The secret of the centurion as a great leader is not what we’d at first suspect, yet it’s also something very familiar; the question is, could we do the same?
Finding the Flow: 6 Things it Helps to Know
Finding the flow can turn a difficult task into a rewarding experience; here are six ways we can help make that happen on our teams.
Culture Course Correction: 11 Ways to Avoid Going Over the Cliff
When attitudes decline and negativity sets in, it may be time for a culture course correction on our teams; here are 11 ways to do just that.
The Value of the Vision
A little known act during World War II highlights the value of vision for our teams, and why we should treat it like a precious metal.
Leading Winning Teams: 5 Leadership Lessons from Mushers
Leading winning teams is something any good leader aspires to; here are five secrets to achieving that goal from a surprising source.
Do You Have Leadership Double-Vision? Should You?
It takes a kind of leadership double-vision to help your team reach its goals; here’s how seeing this way can help you get things done that matter.
Lines for Leaders: Control Freak
Coach Tom Landry was famous for his stoic expression on the sidelines no matter what was happening on the field; here’s what he said about leadership under pressure.
Lines for Leaders: Rocket Surgeon
He struggled to lead his team to land a rover on Mars; here’s what this ‘rocket surgeon’ learned about getting his people to work together.
Delegate Better: Three Ways to Get the Results You Want
To delegate better, it helps to put more energy into the start of the process. With the help of a story about a naturalist stranded on a frozen lake in the Canadian sub-arctic, here are three ways to begin so that we get what we need at the end.
Team Leadership: 4 Simple Steps to Getting Stuff Done
“Can Team Leadership really be boiled down into four steps?” Leaders are always busy, and whatever we are involved with, things only seem to grow more complicated over time. As complexity grows, it can help to view our roles as leaders in the simplest terms possible. What should we be doing right now? What should […]