Personal growth should be the leader’s highest priority. I’ve described it before like the admonition when flying: In the event of an emergency, put your own oxygen mask on first. Recently, after talking about how important it is for leaders to grow, someone asked, “What are YOU doing to grow?”
Today's Challenge: Growing Your Own Leaders
Growing organizations have many things in common. One of them – they are always in need of more leaders. If not to meet the demands of today, their quest is to ensure they’ll have adequate leadership for their expanding future. Today's Challenge: How do you spot emerging leaders?
Today's Challenge: How Do You Manage Turnover?
I’ve been traveling the country this year meeting with leaders – thousands so far. One of the highlights is always hearing their questions. It’s good to know what other leaders are struggling with on a day-to-day basis. One of the questions I received recently was not new, but seems to be an ever present challenge: How do you respond to turnover?
Today's Challenge: The Last Ten Years
In Today’s Challenge, I usually respond to a question from a leader regarding a problem or issue he or she is facing. Today, since we’re celebrating the 10th Anniversary of The Secret, I’ve been asked to share some of the leadership lessons I’ve learned since it was published. Here goes…
Today's Challenge: Too Busy?
Leaders get things done. This is one reason people seek us out. When there’s a problem to be solved, or and opportunity to seize, it’s often a leader who is called upon to respond. So what’s the problem? If we’re not careful, we can become so busy we actually forfeit our leadership!
Today's Challenge: I Have More to Contribute
Have you ever had a feeling you could do more? Accomplish more? Congratulations, leaders are supposed to have that feeling. In Today’s Challenge, I’ll address the “problem” you face when you actually do have untapped leadership capacity.
Today's Challenge: Team Size
One of the many decisions every leader must make is what structure will best enable his or her organization to accomplish its work. If you decide a team approach makes sense, then you get to wrestle with the question… How many people should be on a team?
Today's Challenge: Friend or Boss?
One of my current projects involves traveling around the country speaking to audiences filled with predominantly young leaders. Today’s Challenge came from this group. However, the question is not confined to young leaders... Can I be someone’s boss and their friend?
Today's Challenge: Success
Success is a lousy teacher. The best leaders know this and are always on guard against complacency. This week’s question comes from a leader who has just completed a season of success. She is concerned her team won’t stay motivated. Today’s Challenge: How do you keep your team fully engaged in the wake of success?
Today's Challenge: Recruiting Talent
Selecting employees is not the same as recruiting talent. The difference between the two is profound. Today’s Challenge question is one more leaders should consider: How do you recruit talent?
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