Leadership Development
What Makes A Good Manager?
What makes a good manager?
Recently a friend of mine was reflecting on the best manager he ever had.
“While I’ve been self-employed most of my life, in those seasons where I worked for a company, Denise Birling was the best manager I ever had.
The best way I can describe Denise’s leadership is that she stayed close enough to keep her finger on the pulse, but far enough away so as not to breathe down your neck.
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Read MoreLeadership Hyperopia: the good and bad of it
Leadership and Farsightedness.
According to the American Optometric Association, “Farsightedness, or hyperopia, as it is medically termed, is a vision condition in which distant objects can be seen clearly, but close ones do not come into proper focus.”
I’ve been told I think big-picture. While I don’t consider myself a natural-born visionary, I like to think in broad swaths. What could be possible? What are the big implications if we could?
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Read MoreLeadership Minute Video: We All Lead Volunteers
Leadership Minute Video: Kate Best and Leadership Accountability
Leadership Minute Video: Peterson Auto Museum
Leadership Minute Video: Candace Gorley
Dan Allender on Leadership Vulnerability
“. . . to the degree you face and name and deal with your failures as a leader, to that same extent you will create an environment conducive to growing and retaining productive and committed colleagues.”
“. . . to the degree you attempt to hide or dissemble your weaknesses, the more you will need to control those you lead, the more insecure you will become, and the more rigidity you will impose — prompting the ultimate departure of your best people.”
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Read MoreLeadership Minute Video: 2 Things
Leadership Minute Video: Alicia Calhoun
Leadership Focus, Karin & the Multitasking Myth
I disagree with Karin. I have for five years. And I’m hoping to win her over. Let me explain why I think this is important for my leadership effectiveness and hers.
As our business expanded five years ago, my wife and I realized that day-to-day operations were growing beyond our abilities. We are both great “starters.” Vision, energy, creating-something-out-of-nothing, putting it all on the line to make something happen: in hindsight, that’s what we did.
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