A friend once referred to me as “relentless”, as in “unwilling to relent.” We’re about to find out if this is so… Many of you know, I’ve been just a little bit excited about LavaCon these past few months. I have been waiting to LiveBlog LavaCon like skaters wait for the olympics, like flower shops […]
Continue readingGoing for Gr-r-reat!
GREAT leadership is about purpose and people. The great leader sees beyond the financials and can focus on fulfilled potential.
Continue readingKindness Transcends Constraints
It is difficult to rise about this reality: You must nearly always pick two of the following options: Good, Fast and Cheap. You will rarely, if ever, receive all three. But, for customer service vendors, there IS a short-cut around this constraint: Kindess costs you NOTHING and buys you EVERYTHING!
Continue readingPurpose-Driven Productivity
Could it be that YOUR daily work is helping someone, significantly? If you take the time to figure out who and how, you just may see extra spring in your steps today. Perspective brings purpose, and purpose drives productivity.
Continue readingThe Respect Requirement
My heart was racing like a single-seat Formula One car: It was my first morning on the new job. I was already worried that I might be unemployed by lunch time! As I stepped slowly through the abandoned print-shop, the words “stealth-mode start-up” took on new meaning. Ventilation tubes swung from an open ceiling and […]
Continue readingThe Honor of New Audiences
Though few will own up to it, most of us have likely spent at least one late night singing into a mirror, holding a hair-brush and dreaming of an audience. My most memorable “mirror moment” was in 1987 in a college dorm room – alone on a Saturday night – wailing Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna […]
Continue readingServant Leadership: Now in 3-D
In the past, it was rare to see servant leadership emphasized as a crucial corporate value. In the future, servant leadership will be a prime predictor of long-term success. This post examines how Woody models the servant leader archetype in Toy Story 3.
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