Leadership & Arrogance: Don’t Let It Go To Your Head
Leadership: Leaders who alienate people by their arrogance rarely last. But leaders that value people and elevate others create long lasting impact.

I recently published a guest post on skipprichard.com that has to do with arrogance in leadership. In many ways, leaders are particularly vulnerable to becoming arrogant. Here is a snippet: Leaders are usually in leadership positions because they have proven themselves in some capacity. They may have had the best technical skills, or the boldest and […]

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3 Tips For Reading On A Kindle Or Other E-reader
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. ~Harry Truman

  “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” ~ Harry Truman There is no doubt that digital publishing has changed the publishing world. But I was a hold out. Entering into a meeting with a consulting group, one of the men offered to help me with my bag while I grabbed a […]

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When Leading People Is Boring
when leading people is boring. "as leadership responsibility increases, your opportunity to practice your craft decreases. The very thing that likely drew you into your field and allowed you to advance is now a waning part of your work tasks."

At some point you realize, leading people can be boring. Here’s how it happens. Most people enter a career field because they love, or at least believe they will love, their craft. Doesn’t matter if it is programming, designing, video production, marketing, construction, IT, web, finance, etc. And if you do well you will likely […]

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4 Ways to Break Organizational Habits
Organizational habits - Don’t keep doing things the same way simply because that’s the way it has always been done.

The first Easter a newly married couple was together, they were eager to celebrate a holiday together. She eagerly planned a traditional dinner of ham and all her favorite dishes that she grew up enjoying on this holiday. Just like her mother taught her, she cut the ends off the ham, discarded them, and put […]

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Leaders: Evaluate Processes, Not Just People
Leaders need to evaluate processes in relationship to the whole and with a bent towards simplicity.

Do you hate unnecessary steps in processes? I do. Years ago I inherited my grandfather’s boat and trailer from my father. It wasn’t much, just a twelve foot Jon boat on a used trailer. But both the trailer and the boat are considered “vehicles” and therefore have to be registered with the state via my […]

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My Trusted System for Getting Things Done
Your mind is for having ideas not holding them. -David Allen

If you are not familiar with this term, where in the world have you been! A trusted system is your method for managing your tasks (open loops) in such away that you consistently get things done. David Allen literally wrote the book on Getting Things Done. If you have not read the book, it is definitely […]

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