Big 5 Leadership
Learning from Africa’s most fascinating animals
Deliberate Leadership
What is your leadership style?
Leading Into 2015
Are you ready?
Take the Leadership Failure Test
Know who will make a great leader
Big 5 Leadership
Learning from Africa’s most fascinating animals
Deliberate Leadership
What is your leadership style?
Leading Into 2015
Are you ready?
Take the Leadership Failure Test
Know who will make a great leader
Consider two questions for a moment: What does it mean to be an effective leader? And, what is “real” leadership?
My 7-year-old daughter is one of my BEST teachers. One day last December I was driving her home from school, when out of nowhere she said, “Mom, I want Santa to bring me pixie dust. Not the fake stuff. The kind that ACTUALLY makes you fly.” Luckily, I was focused on the road, so she couldn’t see my expression—equal-parts amused (big smirk) and searching (hmmm, what am I going to say to this?). I said, “Wouldn’t that be cool! I know Santa makes toys, but I’m not sure he can do pixie dust.” To which Adi replied, “Well, Mom, maybe no one’s ever ASKED before.” Touché. She had a point.
If you want to start an argument, just say “Ferguson,” and see what happens. While debating about who is right, who is wrong, what should have happened and what needs to happen, we stay in the dark. We fail to open our eyes and reflect on what we can learn from Ferguson.
From two magnetic poles It moves towards a higher plane Where two halves make two wholes…” –Neil Peart
Think about remarkably successful people. They're logical. They're rational. In the face of crisis or danger or even gross incompetence, they remain steely-eyed, focused, and on point. They don't get angry -- or at the very least they don't show their anger.
How long can you hold your breath? Better yet, unless it’s dangerous to your health, try it right now: Hold your breath as long as you can.
Management By Fear first began permeating the American business culture sixty years ago. Today, it’s become a shrine for executives-a motivational go to suite where they believe production issues can easily be resolved.
Every president since George Washington has started the role of president by taking the oath of office specified in the U.S. Constitution. Our founding fathers saw it as a crucial pledge to be made by the highest leader of the country.
In a frank and revealing discussion, we sit down with best-selling author, international speaker, business owner and entrepreneur, Ken Shelton. Ken shares critical components for sustainable leadership, encouraging leaders to take personal ownership of their development as a springboard to create more evolved organizational frameworks and cultures.