It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
Often I see leaders who are just going through the motions, Sheepwalking, following the well-worn cow paths, not making the choice to lead. In a nutshell many leaders lack passion for a vision. Consider the lesson in the following poem… The Lesson of the Moth By Don Marquis, Archy and Methitabel I was talking [...]
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I just finished watching a great YouTube video of Steve Job’s Stanford Commencement Speech, discussing some of his life experience, as well as some of his personal life lessons. Two of the life lessons from Steve Jobs speech that I found interesting were…. Love What You Do “…sometimes life is going to hit you in [...]
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Photo by h.koppdelaney “Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and to string my days together into a life of action, and purpose.” – Lance Armstrong The survey of nearly 1,200 managers and directors by [...]
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I recently posted on Seth Godin’s insight into persistence, following up on that the Mavericks at Work blog has an interesting post titled Talent Trumps Resume, Persistence Trumps Talent which quotes the following from Dan Pink on persistence… “There are massive returns to doggedness, the people who achieve the most are often the ones who [...]
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Photo by archer10 (Dennis) (BUSY) I have highlighted previously the importance of employee engagement and meaning. A new study by Philadelphia-based consultants PeopleMetrics, supports the previous posts, highlighting the importance of engagement and meaning in driving corporate profits. The study surveyed more than 5,095 workers, across the United States and found that Fortune 500 companies in the lowest quartile in [...]
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