The term "open door" is often considered a policy. But I think about it a bit differently. While leadership is often defined as a set of behaviors by which one person influences others toward the achievement of goals, it is really about providing growth, enrichment,...
Maintaining good communication with co-workers is something that each individual employee must be consistently working on, with the support of informed and involved leaders, of course. But creating an environment of effective communication is the responsibility of the...
A lot of people ask me, "How did you get interested in the virtue of courage?" My answer? It actually started with a profound fear - the high dive! I was never a great athlete as a kid, but one day at the local pool I "accidentally" did a complete back-flip. I went on...
In last month’s edition of the newsletter, I sent a survey to get your improvement ideas. I want to thank everyone who participated for their thoughtful input. We create these newsletters for you, and I am thrilled to have such valuable feedback moving forward. Below...
Opportunities are the venues where people can try themselves, test themselves, better themselves, and even find themselves. The leader’s job is to match the opportunity to the person and to help the person, and the organization, exploit the opportunity for all it’s...
Let's say you decide to start being more courageous at work, home, or life in general. That's great! Enter the Holy Question. So where do you start? You start by answering the "question" -- what do you want? A lot of people can tell you what they don't want, but they...
In addition to providing people with tangible, skill-developing work opportunities, open-door leaders need to know how to shift people’s thinking. Real opportunities can be found in convincing people to become imaginative by freeing them from narrow, negative, or...
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