More sage wisdom from our friend Anon(ymous). I have to say, she (he?) really has a way with words—and a certain subtlety of thought. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals. (Just before you trip and fall!) Education is what you get from reading the fin...

In a comment Monday Denis asked, “What do the people you hire tell about your leadership style?” The short answer has been around a long time in one form or another. Good leaders (managers) hire people smarter than themselves and don’t feel threatened by people who are better at gi...

It seems that more and more people these days confuse accountability and consequences with ultimatums and punishment. I thought it would be a good idea to sort this out, since the former is a part of a strong, healthy culture, while the latter is a major factor in an abusive one. Accountability stem...

I’ve always had a sneaking suspicion that as important as hard work, good planning, etc., are, there was something else at work in my life. Something outside of my control and I wanted to know what it was. I finally decided it was luck—definitely outside my control. I wrote recently abut how...

If you read any of the hundreds of how-to books written about good people management and leadership, you’ll find great similarities among them. So, what happens during implementation? Why can the de facto difference between managers be so enormous? The answer goes back to one of two basic beliefs ...

Last week I wrote about both the need and approaches for management to communicate bad news openly and honestly. Wes Ball commented on the need to keep employees involved, which is what I was planning to talk about today. The language of employee involvement keeps changing, so if you want to do more...

How much longer do you think it will take corporate Earth to get off their terrified, or comfortable, collective asses and embrace a real, live, authentic, proven solution to most of their problems? Jaideep C Prabhu, Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise at Judge Business Scho...

The list of basic cultural IBBs prompted a phone call from a reader asking for more information on the duel career ladder. When we were done, he suggested that I put that information on the blog this week. Who am I to argue with a reader? I’m not an historian, but I think that the need for the...

Another day, another leadership book. I sometimes wonder how far around the earth they would stretch if laid end to end. Most have viable lessons, useable by everyone, not just the person running the show. Many of the attitudes, actions and lessons learned and offered are similar, but each seeks a t...

Although he may not realize it, web developer Tim Knight speaks for the vast majority of the global workforce in a post entitled Stop Leading Your Team to The Destination, Give Them The Map. He eloquently explains why leaders who proclaim their visions and then hoard the details have far less chanc...