May 3, 2013
On the Need for Strategy to be Embodied in a Person
I don’t want my team to focus on strategy; I want them to focus on becoming a strategist. Strategy is stilted. The field has been relegated to a specialist’s…
May 9, 2013
On Leadership and the Choice between Pervasive Popularity and Meaningful Results
Sometimes, the leader deliberately pushes “the organization” in a way that makes his people feel he is being either unfair or unrealistic. In some cases it is…
May 7, 2013
On The Difference Between Inserting Yourself and Replacing Yourself
The leader needs to know the difference between inserting themselves and replacing themselves. Leaders often rush around the organization inserting themselves to…
May 6, 2013
On the Only Way to Optimize Your Effectiveness as a Leader
With MECLABS, I have run a series of leadership experiments. They have been very intentional, and very personal. When I have erred, I have done so on the side of…
Apr 30, 2013
On The Price of Organic Growth
There is a price and a payoff for allowing an organization (organism) to grow in an organic way. The growth is slower but the organism is healthier. In such…
Apr 24, 2013
On Leadership and the Danger of Being Trapped in a False Dichotomy
As a leader you must beware of being trapped in a false dichotomy. Your team will tell you that “it is either this or that”, and then ask you to choose.…
Apr 22, 2013
On Growing a Leader beyond Your Own Needs
The more I train a person to become a leader, the more discontent they become in their current role. I don’t own anyone, but it hurts to see them go. Yet, for…
Apr 12, 2013
On the Insufficiency of Good Intentions
A leader can easily be confused by good intentions. It is necessary to have good intentions but it is not sufficient. Sufficiency is achieved when the right…
Apr 5, 2013
On Ideas that Drive Business
Sometimes in 5 minutes you say something that will drive the business for the next 10 years. But you must always ask, "Is this the best way?"
Mar 28, 2013
On Becoming Too Busy to Slow Down and See
Leaders can become overwhelmed by all that must be done. Yet the number one reason we carry the burden is not because be we have too much to do; it is because we…