I had the privilege of spending three days this past week with Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner along with 250 other leadership professionals at the Leadership Challenge Forum in San Francisco. Three days of workshops, case studies and speakers, including leadership guru Ed Schein. I also had the privilege of…
The How of Leadership
There is no easy answer to the question, “How do I become a great leader?” Just visit your local bookstore or library and take a look at all the books written on the subject. Don’t even try Googling “leadership.” Even doing a search for “leadership groups” on LinkedIn gives you…
How to Become a Great Leader…. maybe
Mark M-G on LinkedIn started an interesting discussion this past week with this question: “The large numbers of articles on leadership on LinkedIn and elsewhere will not produce major improvements in leadership skills. They focus almost exclusively on WHAT behaviors to change to become a better leader, not HOW to…
Jumping From Loop to Loop
What is the right answer? How do we know we have the answer to a challenge we face? Do we stop and look to see what’s next? Roger von Oech in his 1983 book, A Whack On The Side Of the Head, talks about releasing those mental “locks” that keep…