REALity Question: Can You Be Good at Leading if You’re Bad at Relationships?
On Monday I talked about how important it is for leaders to develop relationships with the people they lead. The next day a reader sent me a great REALity...
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Why Your Relationships Affect Your Leadership
One look at this post’s title and you might already be asking, “Really? Are relationships really that big of a deal for a leader?” In short, yes. When I think...
Taking on The Almighty Title
What entices you to pick up the book? The title or the pages inside? What’s the best part of the book? The title or the pages inside? What determines...
Making Decisions (and New Year’s Resolutions) Stick
Making a decision, especially a life -changing one, can be both exciting and stressful. However, as we look back on many of the decisions we’ve made in life, it’s...
How to Build a Legacy of Leadership
While 2010 approaches its end, it still leaves a legacy that will be remembered by the impact it created. As leaders, our legacy is no different. What we do...
Leadership Traffic Jam
I love finding leadership moments in the simple things. This morning on my way to the office, I came upon a familiar place but not a familiar scene. I...
Leading to the Conditions
I’ve enjoyed discussing and living out leadership principals with you this past year. As we head toward the new near, I think it is wise for us to think about...
Knowing Where We’re Going (and Why)
On my way to work this morning I got caught behind a big truck. I really dislike driving behind something so big because I can’t see around it. It...
Establishing and Accomplishing Your 2011 Goals
Okay. You know it’s coming, so let’s just get it out in the open and talk about it. Your 2011 goals and budget. It’s time (well, actually past time)...
The Awkward Stage
Remember your middle school years? Braces, glasses, weird hair, big feet, long skinny legs, pimples… It’s just an awkward stage. Horses go through the same thing. My husband and...