Power is a powerful thing. Leadership, to be effective, involves wielding power to produce desired results. Leaders are set apart from the people they are responsible for leading precisely because of the power inherent in leading. Leaders are expected to assert power...
In a fast-moving workplace, leaders are expected to stay focused, balanced, and ready to guide others with clarity. But that starts long before you lead a team; it begins with how you lead yourself. This blog explores ten timeless practices that help leaders stay...
At some point in the middle stage of your leadership career, it's common to be consumed with the thought, “there must be something more.” The job of a leader, which looked so enviable when you were younger and at lower levels, feels less satisfying than you had...
My work with leaders has convinced me how immensely difficult is to get leadership right. Leading other people is really, really hard. Indeed, the sheer glut of leadership books may be the best evidence of how hard leadership truly is. If it were easy, budding leaders...
Soon after moving into a leadership role, you discover that what you thought a leader’s job would be and what it is are two different things. Before becoming one yourself, you might have envied those in leadership roles. After all, instead of working out of a cubicle,...
There’s something you need to hear if you’re to be entrusted with leading others. It’s something that you’ve probably not read before, but something you deserve to know. Keep this in the forefront of your mind as you meet the challenges, and reap the rewards, of...
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