Helping Leaders Flourish
As I’ve outlined elsewhere, managers drive results and deliver outcomes through the skillsets of others. That may sound manipulative, but the best managers are coaches, not manipulators. Accordingly, managing is a bit of a dance. I’ve been studying, thinking about, talking about and writing about managing for a few decades […]
Hold out your money. Speak your soup order in a loud, clear voice. Step to the left and pick up your soup. Step to the left too early…NO SOUP FOR YOU! Too slow with the money…NO SOUP FOR YOU! The notorious Soup Nazi in the Seinfeld show cares about proper […]
Let me ask you a few questions: Do you think most organizations need an enterprise leader or an entrepreneurial leader? Are you more wired as an enterprise leader or an entrepreneurial leader? What kind of organization needs what kind of leader? Do you think it is possible for the same […]
Maybe you’re familiar with the story I’m referring to. It’s found in Genesis 32 in the Old Testament. Alone for the night, the patriarch Jacob is confronted by “a Mysterious Man,” and the two wrestle for hours. Toward the end of the night, the God-man touches Jacob’s hip, and Jacob […]