by Steve Riege | Feb 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
February is nearing an end. I pause and look at the beautiful fresh snow in my yard, and think of the perfection in front of me. No two flakes alike…Is that true of people? Is that true of Leaders?Charisma is one of the twelve behaviors of a...
by Steve Riege | Feb 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
“Beauty is but skin deep.”When poet John Davies of Hereford wrote this now famous saying in 1616, he was actually referring to a murder involving Sir Thomas Overbury. We have taken this almost 400 year old phrase and excluded the remaining lines of the poem...
by Steve Riege | Feb 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
I’ve spent the past several days with a lot of people. Visiting with my clients take me to many wonderful places. Some people might say I’ve had an overload of people interaction, but I love it. I always use a side angle or hidden agenda to keep my...
by Steve Riege | Feb 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s not tough to convince people that Charisma is important when taking on a leadership role. However, the issues begin to surface when my clients actually explore the degree of their own Charisma, and find themselves asking the question…”how do I develop...
by Steve Riege | Feb 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Rare Leader will display a winsome quality causing people to like, respect, and emulate, while displaying a deep attitude of who he or she is, what they’re about, and where they’re going. The Rare Leader should gain energy from trusting beliefs that appear...
by Steve Riege | Jan 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
Looking back on these past four weeks and our discussions of Vision. What have we learned? Here’s a sample of what we found…Vision is your clear, inspired picture, creating a passionate, committed journey to discover what can happen.Isolate what you...
by Steve Riege | Jan 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
”I’m high on ideas, but low on execution”. How many times have you heard someone say this? Typically you hear it from someone who sees themselves as very creative. Or, as they might say…I’m an idea guy. We’ve lived with and worked...
by Steve Riege | Jan 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
I noticed a peculiar common thread running through many leaders and companies. There seems to be a shroud of secrecy among the leadership team, a secrecy between each other as individuals, and most alarming, a secrecy from the rest of the employees and even...
by Steve Riege | Jan 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
I have had some great reaction to my work with people about the concepts of the Rare Leader™. Lately with this focus on Vision, some people have really opened their eyes. When I ask a business owner, “what is your Vision for this company”, a...
by Steve Riege | Jan 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Vision. A behavior and characteristic of a Rare Leader™With all the focus and talk of the new year and a new decade, I thought it appropriate to begin this study looking into the characteristics and behaviors of leaders who possess Vision.“Vision without action...