Leadership Thoughts

The Message is Everything

June 5, 2011

Sometimes I get tired… Sometimes I get overwhelmed. Sometimes I get annoyed… Sometimes I get frustrated. How I act toward those who work with me matters – or should matter more than how I feel. As the leader I can have tremendous impact with the words that come out of my mouth. I can say [...]

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Culture Matters so Consider Going ROWE

May 14, 2011

Most companies as they tout their company culture on the recruiting section of their websites. They probably talk about it during new hire orientation and several times throughout the year. But what do they really do about it?

Results Only Work Environments give people the freedom to work when, where and how they choose. I’ve adopted this culture and have seen my team become tremendously productive and happy.

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Getting Out of The Way

May 2, 2011

It’s tough to know how much rein to give your team. Too much and they’ll go off in whichever direction they think is correct; too little and they’ll fight you every step. As I recently discovered, this uncertainty is amplified when you’re leading a team of people spread out and who rarely see each other [...]

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Where’s the Leadership

April 10, 2011

America is fat – figuratively and literally. We are morbidly obese; facing diabetes and heart disease and we think having a diet drink with our fast food super-sized combo will be the solution. We’ll get around to exercising tomorrow. In the meantime we’ll distract ourselves with fluff entertainment and sports. We need to lose a [...]

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Sometimes We Cry

April 9, 2011

One of the toughest things to do as a leader is to is to deal with the real lives of those we work with. Sometimes things happen either at work or home that build to a breaking point, and you have someone in your office breaking down. What do you do?

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