Recovering Leader

Monday’s LeaderTip: Question Your Calendar

Most leaders today are over-committed and over-scheduled. We come to believe that busier is better, or that we have no choice but to constantly be doing. Yet “being” is as important as “doing” if you want to learn from wins and losses, balance work with life, and ultimately achieve happiness and sustainable leadership. Question what’s on your calendar from time... Read more →

Monday’s LeaderTip: Silence

It’s not unusual for a successful leader to lose track of the need to ask great questions and listen to others. Being on stage often, holding court among clients or staff, or being applauded by one’s community can unconsciously flip a leader’s switch from “receive” to “transmit.” Over time, such charisma on overdrive tends to silence others—which then isolates the... Read more →

Candidate Missteps: Blood Sport of the 2008 Presidential Race

It’s Monday in America—any Monday—and politics is as usual. Being good blood-sportspeople, we’re at the arena hoping no one gets gored, and waiting to see what happens when they do. The candidates, the politicians, the political media, the consultants—those who put on the show—seem to feel more this year than ever that we’d rather see gore than be bored. And... Read more →

Monday’s LeaderTip: Right Thinking

What you believe drives what you achieve. How you think about yourself, your core purpose, your people, your work, your organization—leads to your feelings, actions, and, therefore, directly to the results you are getting. Although we measure results all the time, rarely do we take a hard look under the hood at the quality of the beliefs that produced them.... Read more →

Meaningful Leadership: A Workbook to Help in Finding Your Core Purpose

Since I wrote about "Core Purpose" in one of my Monday LeaderTips (February 24, 2008), I received a fair amount of responses: "This is something I have been trying very hard to get to. Suggestions on some useful readings to support my doing this?" And, "This is what I am struggling with at this point in my life." For the... Read more →

Monday’s LeaderTip: Leading with a Beginner’s Mind

Each new day brings many chances to learn, and these opportunities are often hidden in plain sight. In this, children can be our teachers: absent of preconception or judgment, the child simply asks, “What is it?” He engages with an ordinary object with great gusto. He bangs on it, talks to it, holds it up close, and imagines it to... Read more →