Information Age Leadership Video Series https://vimeo.com/232858026 Leaders looking to grow their organizations to a world-class level often ask me, “What’s changed that makes the dynamics so challenging today?” The short answer? The Information Age is now dominant in our lives. This Two-Minute Leadership Talk is part one in a series on “Information Age Leadership.” Now that getting … Read more
“I’ve been a big believer, that if you’re going to lead, you have to serve and support,” 7-Eleven CEO Joe DePinto said in a 2016 interview with Army magazine, “That gives you the permission and credibility to lead.” And not only did Mr. DePinto talk about servant leadership, he demonstrated it when he walked into … Read more
In today’s information age, there’s very little place to ‘hide,’ whether we want to or not. The era of ivory towers and back-room conversations is over. The element of confidentiality is getting more and more difficult to maintain. As such, it’s important to ensure our leadership behaviors are first-rate. We have to face the fact that … Read more
Most of us were raised as leaders to “figure it out,” right? Later in life, when we didn’t have enough information to make good decisions, we defaulted back to this guidance. And not much good came of those decisions. So now that we’re in senior leadership positions, why do we give others the same instructions? … Read more
Patience: “The ability to remain calm and not become annoyed when waiting for a long time or when dealing with problems or difficult people”, per Merriam-Webster. If we as leaders have a consistent shortcoming other than being poor listeners, it is probably our lack of patience. And why should we? Far better in most cases … Read more
I had an interesting conversation with a corporate executive earlier this week, where we were talking about what he kept referring to as “The Fear Factor.” It seems throughout his career, he’s been exposed to otherwise outstanding colleagues and team members that lived every day in fear. Fear of losing respect, fear of losing face, … Read more
