Organizational Character is an organization’s demonstrated values. Some leaders let culture happen. Leaders need to be as intentional with their culture as they are with their tactics. Coach...
Organizational Character is an organization’s demonstrated values. Some leaders let culture happen. Leaders need to be as intentional with their culture as they are with their tactics. Coach...
Will you be a leader who understands that even high performers can be bad for the team? Inheriting an employee who has been allowed to behave poorly is...
Maintaining standards is a daily test of a leader’s character. Nobody and no team ever drifts their way into excellence in anything. But drift happens. We drift...
What is the difference between our first instincts and our second instincts? Character. Our first instincts can get us in trouble. We need to pause and develop our...
It is leadership development malpractice to ignore this issue. Have you been in this situation: After being promoted, you realize you are leading a former peer who...
Nobody is inspired by a leader who says “I’m going to fight to keep everything exactly the way it has always been!” Change is coming. Fighting for the...
If you consistently do these exercises, even when they make you uncomfortable, you will set yourself up for success when the bigger, less frequent Courage challenges come. When...
You get good at the things you practice. That includes your character. Your personality or your biases will influence your choices towards poor behaviour if you don’t pause...
You are what you consistently do. How do you become a coward? Through practice. Cowardice is a habit that can grab you and hold you back from becoming...
You never drift your way into excellence in anything in your life. A boat drifts into the reef. A car drifts into the snow bank. A balloon drifts...
Which do you want to lead – a compliant group or a committed team? I see this dynamic in the fire service, in law enforcement, in the military,...
Nobody trusts somebody who doesn’t trust them. Yet, even though many leaders want to be trusted, they don’t trust their people first. Could you get burned? Yes. But...
Friction sharpens the blade. Unproductive conflict is everywhere. We see it modeled in Washington DC and on our cable news shows. We see it modeled in businesses and...
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What is the difference between our first instincts and our second instincts? Character. Our first instincts can get us in trouble. We need to pause and develop our...
