How you follow a bad leader says more about your character than theirs. Leading well under an unpopular leader requires you to focus on what you can control:...
How you follow a bad leader says more about your character than theirs. Leading well under an unpopular leader requires you to focus on what you can control:...
We don’t trust people that don’t trust us. It takes courage from the leader to offer trust first. If you micromanage your team and question them, it creates...
If a leader is failing to fire somebody who has consistently demonstrated a lack of character, that’s probably a sign of a character issue for the leader, as...
Why do we allow toxic performers to stay in their roles? Sometimes making the hard decisions aren’t easy. We as leaders have to exercise our duty; take action...
My best friend, Donnie Tillar, was the one who convinced me to go to West Point. Donnie was a year older than I was. Thanks to his persuasiveness,...
Early on in a career is the most important time to address character issues. It’s the duty of a leader or supervisor to not ignore issues because they...
Whether you uphold unpopular policies is a test of your character. Here’s the truth about life in the middle of any organization. There will always be policies that...
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...
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...
“If not me, then who? If not now, then when?” When I ask audiences, “what do great leaders do?” The most frequent answer is “They lead by example.” ...
Being unreliable is a habit. Duty is a habit as well. Whichever one you practice, it will become a habit. We all drop the ball sometimes. We forgot...
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,...
The easy way is a cop out for leaders. I can succumb to taking the easy way. I let internal arguments be settled by what seems the easiest....
