It’s summertime. When I was growing up that meant playing outside all day while my “stay-at-home” mom kept an eye on me, my siblings, and the rest of the neighborhood kids as we played on our “Jungle Gym” in our backyard. When my dad got home at 6:00, dinner would be mostly prepared except for what was […]
I had the genuine honor and pleasure of working with Wally Bock over the last week as he prepared for and then brilliantly served as Guest Host for Leadership Chat on Tuesday night. Our Topic was, “Military Leadership Lessons We Are Truly Meant to Learn.” Wally has an exceptional summary of important military history and leadership lessons that […]
I had the great honor of hearing two recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor speak on Friday at a public event in my small, suburban Chicago community. It was a tremendously moving, probably once-in-a-lifetime experience. According to the Medal of Honor Society: The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an […]
I wrote a post a few months ago entitled, “The Number One Thing CEOs Wish They’d Done Differently.” In that post I talked about how invariably when CEOs are asked, “What’s the one thing you wish you’d done differently when you took your role” they say, “I wish I’d moved faster on talent decisions.” You […]
Every once in a while Steve Woodruff and I choose a topic for Leadership Chat, which takes place every Tuesday evening at 8:00 pm Eastern Time on Twitter and has grown dramatically over the past few months, that is based on recent, real-world events. Such is the case this week as we tackle, “Hubris and […]
This post was originally written for and published at Danny Brown’s Blog, but I wanted to share it with my readers here as well! I just spent two full days in a phenomenal leadership simulation program entitled, “Magnetic Leadership” that was conceived, created and offered by Profitability Business Simulations. I had the privilege of playing […]
“Can you truly inspire people to follow you if you don’t believe in something bigger than self?” This question was posed to me and Tobey Deys by my friend Mack Collier during this week’s Leadership Chat, at which we focused on blazing our own leadership trails while ensuring these new trails are meant for – […]
A year ago this week my Leadership Chat Co-Founder/Co-Host Steve Woodruff and I met at the SOBCon conference here in Chicago. Everyone who attends the conference knows that their career (and, in many ways, their life) will change dramatically over the next year because of the influence the people they meet will have on them […]
“The basic and seemingly paradoxical truth of GTY (Greater Than Yourself) is that truly great leaders in life,” said Charles Roland, “become so because they cause others to be greater than themselves.” The words sounded familiar. “Who said that?” I asked Charles. “Well, unless you’re a ventriloquist, I did,” he said mischievously. Thus begins chapter […]
Steve Woodruff and I decided to make tomorrow night’s (April 12th) Leadership Chat topic about leading your customer. Is it even possible to actually lead your customer? Absolutely. You can lead your customer; and I believe Abraham Lincoln and Steve Jobs are brilliant examples of how to do so successfully. Lincoln is a glorious example […]