If the term “Ego Investment” is new to you, I’m confident the concept is not. The level of your own “ego investment” depends on how much time, energy, and financial resources you’ve sunk into a person or project. The rule… Read More ›
Decisiveness
Graphic Leadership: Some Opinion Word Tracks
When we don’t periodically share our opinion before others in the group share theirs, we may be perceived as weak or lacking in personal confidence. Certainly we won’t be perceived as a leader. Here are some word tracks to help… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Hockey and Leadership
The truly great hockey player, Wayne Gretzky, said it well when he said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” To the leader it means a sure way to fail is to not try. Consequently, the strong leader… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: The Leader’s Formal Education
While a leader understands the value of a formal education, s/he neither undervalues nor overvalues its contributions to their status as a leader. I have watched people with very strong (albeit raw) leadership skills who were so filled with self-doubt… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Ordering Your Decision Components
A difficulty in becoming decisive as a leader can oftentimes be traced to the ordering of the components within a leader’s decision process. In most cases a person orders the decision process as WAIT . . . DECIDE . …. Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Six Decision Centers
As we begin the exploring of how to make wise decisions, I want you to imagine for a moment that you’re in a restaurant. Out of the corner of your eye you see your best friend’s spouse. But your best… Read More ›