If you ask 10 leaders what a leader is supposed to do, you’ll get 10 different answers. This lack of agreement reaches on successful leadership behaviors exists across all fields including academia and consulting practices. It also adds to the confusion on what actually constitutes successful leadership behavior. There are a bevy of scientifically valid…
Keep readingEmotional Intelligence—(EQ)—is for real, and it’s vitally important to your success. I just completed a certification course in the EQi 2.0 emotional intelligence assessment originally developed by Reuven Bar-On. Bar-On is one of the early researchers in the EQ arena and I can tell you that the assessment instrument is fantastic. I am very…
Keep readingIf 24 years in the Air Force has taught me anything, it is the central importance of the mission. When people in an organization are clear on the mission, good things happen. They coalesce around a common purpose, energy is called forth toward the fulfillment of the mission, and work is focused to accomplish it. …
Keep readingIn his famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, Martin Luther King spoke about being judged on “the content of your character.” It’s this content that provides the spiritual force to your ability to lead. Quite simply, people respond to honest, authentic, and principled leaders. Core values are an unwavering…
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