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Welcome! This post is part of month series where I am answering questions from readers. The question posed by this reader is: “What do you do with your leadership skills, when you haven’t yet found a place to lead?” I Love This Question It’s something many people ask, but few voice and you can find [...]
Welcome! This post is part of month series where I am answering questions from readers. Today’s question is simple and profound: How can you tell when you are successful teaching leadership? The #1 Job Your most important leadership responsibility is to develop leaders. If you want to make any kind of lasting impact, whether in [...]
Welcome! This post is part of month series where I am answering questions from readers. Questions: What are you reading? How do you find time to read as much as you do? What do you think I should be reading now? Leaders are Learners Before diving into the questions, let’s start with what’s most important [...]
Welcome! This month I am answering questions from readers. Today’s question was asked in similar ways by two readers. They both involve how leaders treat their teams. Reader #1: Would Apple products be as good as they are if Steve Jobs wasn’t a jerk? [and the reader didn't use the word 'jerk'] Reader #2: How [...]
Welcome! This month I am answering questions from readers. Today’s question was asked in different ways by different readers. These readers shared a common frustration with their own leaders, managers, supervisor, or boss. My favorite phrasing of this question was: How to Manage Up When They Can’t Manage Down? This reader described a situation where [...]
Welcome! This post is part of a series answering questions from readers. Today’s question comes from the perspective of a new manager who’s predecessor had a different leadership style. “My question is about if you come in with a laissez-faire leadership style with guided freedom, but the older employees before were used to an authoritarian [...]
Welcome – Today’s post is part of a February series where I will be answering questions from readers. Thanks for all the great questions you submitted! Today’s question was submitted in various forms by several people: How Can You Make People Do What You Want? Frustration Behind this question there is usually quite a bit [...]
Leadership? Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen is not a book about leadership or management…at least not exactly. Even so, it is a very helpful resource for anyone trying to make a difference. As I mentioned in Simply Your Leadership, you have a finite amount of time and a potentially [...]
Reminder: I’m collecting your questions to answer in a series starting next week. I’ve received great ones so far – send yours today! Stressed? You’ve got forty “priorities” staring at you. Three people are waiting outside your door. Your email in-box is demanding attention. You’ve got too much to do and never enough time to [...]
