Podcast: Play in new window | Download Today a combined Reading for Leading and LeadingX2 (leading by two). I will keep this reasonably short by introducing a topic, two steps, and then continuing next week. In any strong partnership there come times when you need...
Podcast While preparing for an upcoming series of classes and speeches, I pulled up my “Definitions” of leadership file. Here are two: “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower A...
Podcast I’ve been thinking about routine and ritual a lot. The older I get the more I seem to appreciate how deeply we humans crave them and how important they are for those of us who lead teams, families, communities. I wonder about your rituals. We began the 8:00 AM...
Podcast What would it be? The most meaningful award you can imagine? I used to hope for a MacArthur Fellowship. I guess that’s not to be, i.e., I’m just not a genius. Darn. I covet another award, but in a superstitious way, maybe, I can’t say it out loud. But I’ve...