Whether you lead a church, business, athletic organization, or non-profit, one of the most frustrating things leaders face is when successful team members suddenly become unsuccessful. It is a frustrating time for leaders because we work very hard to train and equip our teams for a consistent level of high performance. So why do once-successful […]
Schrödinger’s Cat is a teaching tool which, in its most simplistic terms, states more than one thing can be true at the same time. As a young leader coming up, I kept hearing it was better for a leader to be respected than liked. After being in various levels of leadership for over 35 years, […]
“He may very well be the brightest baseball mind I’ve had. Obviously, he’s an artist on the mound. But he’s an Einstein off the mound.” – New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman on his star pitcher Gerrit Cole The Value of Thinking In his book The Magic of Believing, Claude M. Bristol said, “Thought […]
An Insubordinate Inner-Circle I have a dear friend, let’s call him Stan, owns his own business. Stan is a benevolent and kind leader. So much so, he recently had several members of his inner-circle and management team take full advantage of his goodwill. These individuals would often argue with, intimidate, and refuse to return Stan’s […]
A Memorable Statement General Eric Shinseki, former U.S. Army Chief of Staff, said in 2003, “If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” This is one of the most powerful and often-quoted statements of the twenty-first century. Now contrast General Shinseki’s thoughts with another famous phrase, “Nobody likes change but a […]
An Ill-Advised Decision In the July 1st edition of the daily enewsletter Morning Brew, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is quoted as saying, “Taking a private jet was the wrong decision because it was insensitive to our customers who were waiting to get home.” This apology comes after Kirby’s ill-advised decision to take a private […]
“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time—none. Zero. You’d be amazed at how much Warren reads—and how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I’m a book with a couple of legs sticking out.” – Charlie Munger […]
