By Laura Andersen of LeadingX2 Last weekend I taught a five-year-old how to use a badminton racket. She started off open-minded to learning and eager to experience a new game. With each whiff, her excitement and eagerness shifted toward frustration and anger. Failing...
https://danmulhern.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Leading-Through-Scary-Season-Part-3-Dont-Kill-the-Leader.mp3This is the third in a series on leading in these scary times – with Covid, economic pressure, BLM and the reaction(s) to it, the election, and now the loss...
https://danmulhern.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Leading-Through-Scary-Season-Part-2-Bullseye.mp3Since I wrote last week, Scary Season has gotten even scarier, with the fires and horrific air quality in the Bay Area. Today, one impactful idea, based on one of Stephen...
https://danmulhern.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Leading-Through-Scary-Times-Part-1.mp3I used to think of this 60-day lead-up to the election as Silly Season. Now it feels like Scary Season. In the coming series of Read2Lead blogs we will offer ideas and practices...
https://danmulhern.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Why-am-I-here.m4a By Laura Andersen It is way too easy now. A meeting gets put on your calendar about a project. No preparation instructions, no asks in advance, no provided purpose. You’re lukewarm on the project, not...