I have been a consultant for 37 years. Like all responsible consultants, I fulfill my professional duty and buy books. Many books. More than I care to admit were impulse... read more →
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“Being in power makes me permanently suspicious of myself” Vaclav Havel, Speech 1991 Vaclav Havel has been a role model for me since the early 1990’s. I was enamored with... read more →
“It is not the critic who counts; not the person who points out how the strong person stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The... read more →
Sonny Rollins is probably the greatest tenor saxophone player in all of jazz. His journey from a novice 8 year-old player to today owes as much to effort as talent.... read more →
My grandfather used to tell me, “It only gets real at the point of action. Everything that happens before the action is just preamble.” Anyone who knew my grandfather understood... read more →
“Our language fails us when we discuss and practice leadership. We talk about ‘leaders’ in organizations or politics when we actually mean people in positions of management or political authority.... read more →
I have a quote taped to the wall in front of my computer. I don’t remember where I found it. It says “Run Towards the Volcano”. I was initially attracted... read more →
In just two weeks, Covid19 erased all my beliefs and assumptions about how the world works. It destroyed my business model. It isolated me from all of humanity. It eroded... read more →
This post completes our tour of John Isaacson’s three important attributes needed to develop leadership capacity: hunger, speed and weight. Here is John’s definition of weight: “Weight concerns how someone... read more →