My first real experience with leadership was in college when I was named Vice-President of the Indiana University Student Foundation, the largest student foundation in the country. We led, organized and ran a number of campus events designed to raise money for working students, the most notable being the “Little 500” bike race made famous […]
So many leaders lead without truly understanding their own philosophy on the art of leadership. Would you say this applies to you? If so, you will want to be sure to join me and Steve Woodruff for this week’s Leadership Chat as we welcome Mike Figliuolo, Founder and Managing Director of thoughtLeaders LLC and author […]
A few weeks ago I began offering my readers the opportunity to sign up for my new eNewsletter. I set up the process in such a way that when readers subscribe they receive a “thank you” email from me along with a question about what their biggest leadership challenge is. The responses have been eye-opening and […]
With more than 360 participants, more than 1 million people reached and nearly 7 million online impressions generated, this week’s Leadership Chat on “Leading with Feelings and Passion” was lively, to say the least! Thanks to the thought-provoking preparatory blog post entitled, “Control Your Feelings – Don’t Express Them” by Dan Rockwell, our Guest Host for the evening, […]
There are probably as many ways to answer this question as there are professionals on this planet. I say that because I believe that how we feel about our feelings, and about the expression of our feelings, has a lot to do with our childhoods, how we were raised, and he sum total of our life’s […]
A few weeks ago Steve Woodruff and I hosted a Leadership Chat focused on “Leading GenY,” with Guest Host Greg Hartle. In my preparatory interview with Greg, and throughout the Chat, the question, “What do Millennials really want?” was raised and answered by young leaders of today, as well as by those who are currently […]
There have been very few times when I have wanted to write about something that has moved me to my core, but have been unsure of how to even begin. This is one of those times. You see, I’m not quite sure how to convey to you just how deeply the new book, “Get It On!” by […]
At last week’s Leadership Chat we celebrated our one-year anniversary. After some time spent reflecting on the past year, we began to look forward and asked the Chat participants to share their insights on the most critical leadership attributes of our time; attributes that will set leaders apart now and in the future. Here […]
Steve Woodruff and I couldn’t be happier to be welcoming our leadership colleague Mike Henry Sr. as this week’s Leadership Chat Guest Host. Mike is the Founder and fearless leader of the Lead Change Group, of which I am a member. The group’s mission is to “Encourage, Energize and Equip one another to apply character-based […]
Steve Woodruff and I launched Leadership Chat on Twitter a year ago this week, on Tuesday the 12th of October. Thinking back as we celebrate our one-year anniversary, we didn’t really know what we were getting ourselves into but we believed in the Leadership Chat vision, partly described as: Leadership Chat is a place where […]