Warren Wiesbe said, “Your heart grows by giving out, but your mind grows by taking in; both are necessary to a happy and balanced life of service.” This explains the leadership balance between head and heart. Leaders who intellectualize their work have a difficult time connecting with and serving others. Leaders who give without growing…
Matt is a great bartender at one of my favorite brewpubs. One reason I like him is that he is very well informed on many things. He’s liberal and I’m conservative and it makes for great discussions (as I’ve said before, I respect someone who disagrees with me and is well informed more than someone…
Just because I don’t agree with Hillary Clinton on much doesn’t mean I don’t pay attention to what she says. And I’ll glady give her credit where due. After Obama’s speech on race relations, she said, “In the end, the test is not the speeches a president delivers. The test is whether the president delivers…
Howard Schultz demonstrated why he is an effective leader that as been able to grow Starbucks into a premier global brand. Commenting on Starbuck’s downturn in business, Schultz didn’t blame the economy but said, “The problems we are facing have been self-induced. That’s why I think we’ll be able to fix them. In as similar…
Remember when you were a kid, lying in bed, listening to scary sounds that seemed to be coming from the closet or somewhere in the dark recesses of your room? Do you recall thinking “Just don’t look.” You didn’t want to find a monster lurking in the shadows and hoped you would fall asleep before…
Eliot Spitzer saturates the news with his scandal and resignation as governor of New York. Why did he do it? I haven’t a clue. Anything I or anyone else suggests is at best informed speculation. There might be something to be learned from his own explanation but I doubt it. It would be interesting but…
Stan Garfield has an excellent knowledge management blog here. He included my book You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader in an excellent list of leadership books you can find on his blog as well.
It is getting hard to listen to the political candidates and their promises. Any time any candidate of any party promises to give you something new, ask one simple question: Where will the money come from? The answer: he who receiveth will also giveth. Funding for programs is a reallocation of existing funding (money is…
As I’m waiting for a flight here in San Diego, CNN is playing in the background. Much of the news is saturated with presidential candidates. I wasn’t really watching or listening until a clip of Hillary Clinton started playing. It was lengthy and, so help me, she yelled every sentence. It is very off-putting for…
Brett Favre’s retirement has captured our attention because in an age of high profile athletes who often feel no responsibility for the example they set, Favre was a stand-up guy. He was concerned about the example he set, and he set an outstanding one. One of his comments to the media was most telling. He…