What’s your favorite competency of successful Leaders? Thats the question I seem to receive from those who have begun subscribing to the Rare Leader™ challenge. What’s my favorite? I thought for a minute, not about my personal selection, but more so to create a bit of a dramatic pause. As my client leaned forward to…
Category Archives: Decisive
A Balanced Focus
We all seek balance in our lives. Thats all the rage these days. Do you have proper work/life balance? Is there a good balance between meetings, e-mails, phone calls, and one on one time? Can you multi task and balance all that you have to do today? Balance. It’s all about balance. The Rare Leader…
Why Are They Rare?
I started a Google search several months ago. I wanted to keep up with the latest news, trends, research, and people associated with great Leadership. I have been bothered to say the least, by the massive quantity of “stuff” out there associated with Leaders, and Leadership. And it’s not all good. I thought twitter might…
It’s Now Or Never
If you are old enough, you know who made this phrase famous. I can hear Elvis singing “Tomorrow will be too late…it’s now or never…”. Elvis was so good at what he did, he only needed a first name to be memorialized forever. As a Leader, we will also be remembered, for our Decisions, both…
Freedom Lies In Being Bold
Be Bold he said. She said to be Decisive. Feel Passionate and Free they told me. Robert Frost claims “Freedom lies in being bold”. Theodore Roosevelt wrote, “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who…
Life Is Full Of Choices…Make One.
Collaboration…Teamwork…Delegation…Job Sharing…Cooperation…Empower…Partnership…Compromise…and the list goes on. What do these words have in common? Potentially they mean – “nothing gets decided”. These terms of the day, are all the rage. However, inclusion of your Team and your Associates is more of an art than a science. Because, all of this talk of sharing in the…
So…You’re Allowed To Be A Jerk?
My Boss is a jerk. I really don’t like my Boss. What gives him the right to treat me this way? She has a bad day and I suffer. Ok, enough already. Do you know that’s what they really say? Do you know they are talking about you? So… you’re allowed to…
War and Peace…or is it Peace and War
If you are looking for the latest discussion of Napoleon, Nicholas Rostov, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, Pierre Bezukhov, Natasha Rostov, or Princess Helene, you’ve googled the wrong War and Peace. Tolstoy needed four volumes to tell the of the disastrous 1812 Russian invasion as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families. …
My Boss Is Relentless
When I asked Tim what was on his mind, he really opened up. “I love my job. I really do. But there are some things that make it really unbearable. I mean, I’m really good at what I do. Well, that’s what my friends tell me. The company is great, and I believe in…
Look Before You Leap
“I’m Decisive. I own this company and I am expected to make decisions.” Is this you? Or does this sound familiar? “You spend so much time trying to figure out what to do, that nothing gets done. I didn’t hire you to sit around and do nothing”. Jack was stunned as he listened to…