Tag: lead

  • You Either Copy or Innovate

    You Either Copy or Innovate

    Of course I heard this listening to something today.  The context of the conversation where I heard this had to do with mobile phones – most specifically, the iPhone.  I don’t know which side of the conversation you sit in, but they all seemed to think that everyone else copies…

  • LL50: Lead Smartly

    LL50: Lead Smartly

    The truly smart leaders know When to Lead. The ones that don’t truly get leadership are constantly leading. They feel like they have to lead all the time. They never stop. They are continually the boss. Consequently, they can be tired because they never rest. It makes them annoying. Do…

  • Mistakes

    Mistakes

    I recently heard a talk about mistakes.  The main point of the talk – mistakes lead to deeper understanding. I kinda like that. I like that better than this being a problem.  Don’t get me wrong.  I think mistakes can sometimes be problems, but I like how mistakes lead to…

  • The Responsibility of Vision #leadership #vision

    questions and definitions – the responsibility of leadership

  • LL20: What Prevents You from Leading

    If leadership was so easy, more people would do it.  Recently, a student asked me what I taught our leadership program.  He wanted to know what leadership principles I would teach.  I could definitely teach MY leadership lessons that I’ve shared in this blog, but I told him that I…

  • LL15: Lead Where You’re At

    Leadership is one of the hardest skills to develop – but waiting for an opportunity to lead makes it that much harder.  It’s hard enough when you’re leading, but WAITing to lead may seem like the easy thing.  It just makes becoming a leader harder and a longer process. I…