The most fundamental step in learning and applying the leadership craft is learning to manage yourself. As promised in An Overview of the Leadership Pipeline, I am facilitating a closer look at the journey through the leadership pipeline from Managing Self through Managing the entire Enterprise. The discussion is based loosely on the book: TheRead… Read more »
Leaders need to be Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are creators. They work with little structure or resources. They see opportunity and have the internal drive and resourcefulness to make it reality. A Leader will benefit from developing entrepreneurial skills such as identifying new areas for development, initiating new projects, spotting opportunities, and encouraging managers to create newRead… Read more »
“Leadership is…” . How many times have you heard or spoken these words? I’ve been studying leadership since I was a kid. I read all the time – often until 3 in the morning! The leader was always my hero in the story. Hardy Boys, The Dark is Rising, Horatio Hornblower, the History of StandardRead… Read more »
This Memorial Day, let’s honor the men and women who have served – not simply for the way that they died, but for the way they lived. They stood for something. They served. In some cases, they had the courage to deliberately go into harms way. They trained. They wrote letters. They made mistakes. TheyRead… Read more »
17 January 1944, the Office of Strategic Services in Washington D.C. published a book titled “Simple Sabotage Field Manual.” You can find this book for Kindle on Amazon.com for about $5, or you can download a free version by clicking this link to www.Gutenberg.org. Warning text on page 1 states: “The contents of this ManualRead… Read more »
Today is a day to give thanks, sure. But there’s a part of the story that I think we sometimes forget. When the pilgrims experienced the series of events we now celebrate on Thanksgiving day, they were in deep trouble. They were far from home, their food stuffs were depleted, many of them were sick,Read… Read more »
A lot of news gets made about an event like the one that just happened yesterday in the Sidney Harmon Theater downtown DC. FedTalks by FedScoop featured some really high power speakers like Craig Newmark from Craig’s List, Arianna Huffington from the Huffington Post, Congressman Jim Moran, and others. The subject for the event “HowRead… Read more »
As many of you know, I was asked by the folks at GovLoop and 1105 to moderate a session at the OGI conference earlier this week. I hope that you guys appreciate it if I share the results of that session with the rest of the GovLoop community who wasn’t able to make it toRead… Read more »
Most discussions I’ve been part of about measurements usually involve identifying a desired outcome and looking for a numeric representation of that outcome. This makes perfect sense and there’s loads of research and supporting evidence that having metrics and measurements are an important part of most outcome-based projects. Over the years, however, I’ve come toRead… Read more »