“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.” – Walt Whitman
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”- Winston Churchill Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner's great book, “The Leadership Challenge,” makes the case for the idea that leadership is a learnable skill set, and therefore anyone can be a leader if they learn the skills. One’s …
“Never underestimate change. What seems simple at the top is magnified at lower echelons and is extremely disruptive. It is a festering crisis that needs attention from senior management or else loyalty, efficiency, and productivity will suffer.” - Wheeler L. Baker A guest post from golevel5services.com This series of posts is unpacking some of what …
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy Adams A guest post from golevel5services.com In the previous Effective Leadership post, embracing and leveraging challenges, changes and disruptions is what sets apart the manager from the effective adaptive leader. Challenges arrive nearly …
”Change is not merely necessary to life — it is life.” - Alvin Toffler, Future Shock “Weep not that the world changes—did it keep A stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.” - William Cullen Bryant A guest post from golevel5services.com Effective leaders pursue personal growth and change. They are not content to …
“Ceaseless change is the only constant thing in nature.” John Candee Dean, January 1911 “The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, IV, 3 A Leadership Series post, courtesy of the blog at golevel5services.com Change, among other things, happens. Change comes upon us personally in various forms, aging …
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.“ — John Quincy Adams A Leadership post from the blog at golevel5services.com If you are seeking to make your leadership effective even in the face of adaptive challenges, the following few posts will identify key factors …
A "Live, Love, and Lead Well" post Even before I understood the hedgehog concept, making the adjustments necessary to stay working in the intersection of my passion, skills, and the place where the greatest difference could be made was driving my career decisions. Several times, my work shifted over time to the point where it …
A "Live, Love, Lead Well" post The concept of the “hedgehog,” that one big idea that captures our attention and fuels our vision, is a vital component of effective leadership. When you discover your hedgehog, it will be at the intersection of three key drivers, your passion, what you are the very best at doing, …
A "Live, Love, Lead Well" post. Last Saturday, I introduced the idea that leadership is about two key priorities, people and influence. Effective leadership can happen in any working relationship. It does not flow from position or title, rather from concern for people and the ability to positively influence them for success. Effective leadership can …
A "Live, Love, Lead Well" post Hedgehogs. Don’t you love hedgehogs? One of the new trends in pet ownership is owning a hedgehog, those cute, rolly-polly little porcupine wannabes. What is a hedgehog doing in the leadership and personal development world? You can think Jim Collins for the gift of introducing the hedgehog into the …
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