[January 07, 2014] There is no person who is unaware that culture influences leadership and the outcome of the mission. Those influences affect leadership in powerful ways and often in ways we do not readily see. In the context of outstanding leadership, awareness of those dimensions of influence can be helpful. For a leader, having knowledge of and… Read More »
[January 05, 2014] A hot topic of conversation today is anything to do with politics and issues of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, age, etc. Name any issue and inject into it one of these political hot buttons, then step back and be prepared for some emotionally-charge opinions. Being a leader means dealing with these politically charged topics… Read More »
[December 29, 2013] NEW: Just added another new “page” to the blog. This one provides an invitation to and guidelines for submitting a guest article on leadership. See the tab “THE GUEST ARTICLE GUIDE (NEW).” If you cannot find the new tab, then you can click on the link HERE to go directly to the page. I highly… Read More »
[December 29, 2013] We have all had a bad boss at one time and we’ve all seen bad decisions from good leaders at one time or another. A perceptive leader learns from the mistakes of a bad boss and from a good leader who fails. There are many things we can learn from a bad boss or from… Read More »
[December 26, 2013] An undeniable trend, since it’s origins in the 1960s, has been both the emergence of the international politics of cultural victimization (e.g., the Palestinian issue) and American fake victimization. Senior executive leaders are already aware of these fake victimization trends in the workplace and are struggling to address them professionally. There is no denying that… Read More »
[December 23, 2013] In Part 1 of this 3-part series on great communicators, the idea that people skills are crucial to successful communications was proposed. Any cursory reading on communications will concentrate on people skills as a major factor in a great leader’s communication success. In Part 2, this discussion will focus on both passion and credibility as… Read More »
[December 20, 2013] Leaders are servants of their organization. They are producers of goods and services and of successful employees. They provide for friends, family, and for future generations. Leaders are “actionable” – involved, active, focused, and hard working. Furthermore, people of character gravitate to those leaders, due to the human affinity with a winner. Leadership, therefore, is… Read More »
[December 17, 2013] One would think that in the United States where rewards are given for the proper exercise of a person’s mental prowess, that the majority of people would strive to improve themselves intellectually. Furthermore, one would expect leaders to be encouraging others to improve their knowledge and intellectual abilities. Sadly, this is not the case. Intellectual… Read More »
[December 14, 2013] Any attempt to profile the leadership characteristics of a leader from a different culture is fraught with uncertainty. For the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a relatively young and new leader to the country, this is certainly true. He is an enigmatic figure. Leaders need to understand how senior leaders from different cultures function… Read More »
[December 13, 2013] There comes a time in every leader’s career when one must face the prospect that one’s boss has acted out of bounds on some behavior or decision. As a subordinate, it is our obligation to present a dissenting view of what should take place but do so in a manner that adheres to allegiance to… Read More »